After leaving the States, Mayakovsky tried to summarize his emotions about the country. One of his main points was that there were too many cars. “It was time to think how to make them not to stink in the streets,"wrote the poet . Higher education was rapidly expanding for women. Linda Eisenmann claims, "New collegiate opportunities for women profoundly redefined womanhood by challenging the Victorian belief that men's and women's social roles were rooted in biology." [85] Lee Congdon, Exile and Social Thought: Hungarian Intellectuals in Germany and Austria, 1919–1933 (1991). Historic Figures: John Logie Baird (1888–1946)". BBC. Archived from the original on October 8, 2019 . Retrieved April 28, 2015. This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.

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Paris set the fashion trends for Europe and North America. [69] The fashion for women was all about getting loose. Women wore dresses all day, every day. Day dresses had a drop waist, which was a sash or belt around the low waist or hip and a skirt that hung anywhere from the ankle on up to the knee, never above. Daywear had sleeves (long to mid-bicep) and a skirt that was straight, pleated, hank hem, or tired. Jewelry was less conspicuous. [70] Hair was often bobbed, giving a boyish look. [71] The most popular American athlete of the 1920s was baseball player Babe Ruth. His characteristic home-run hitting heralded a new epoch in the history of the sport (the " live-ball era"), and his high style of living fascinated the nation and made him one of the highest-profile figures of the decade. Fans were enthralled in 1927 when Ruth hit 60 home runs, setting a new single-season home run record that was not broken until 1961. Together with another up-and-coming star named Lou Gehrig, Ruth laid the foundation of future New York Yankees dynasties.Abra, Allison. "Going to the palais: a social and cultural history of dancing and dance halls in Britain, 1918–1960." Contemporary British History (Sep 2016) 30#3 pp 432–433. Despite women's increased knowledge of pleasure and sex, the decade of unfettered capitalism that was the 1920s gave birth to the "feminine mystique". With this formulation, all women wanted to marry, all good women stayed at home with their children, cooking and cleaning, and the best women did the aforementioned and in addition, exercised their purchasing power freely and as frequently as possible to better their families and their homes. [93] Liberalism in Europe [ edit ] Sports journalism, modernity, and nationalism excited Egypt. Egyptians of all classes were captivated by news of the Egyptian national soccer team's performance in international competitions. Success or failure in the Olympics of 1924 and 1928 was more than a betting opportunity but became an index of Egyptian independence and a desire to be seen as modern by Europe. Egyptians also saw these competitions as a way to distinguish themselves from the traditionalism of the rest of Africa. [124] Balkans [ edit ] It’s still The Bachelor, though, canned and manipulative – the hearing aids cut to Turner’s tear-filled recollection of his 43 years with his late wife and high-school sweetheart, Toni, set to a very on-the-nose Fire and Rain by James Taylor. No one, he says, will ever replace Toni, who died in 2017 after a sudden illness, days after they moved into their dream retirement lakehouse. But now he, like many a bachelor before him, is looking for a companion.