Modernizing America: 1889-1920 - Women & The American Story

A departure from years of isolationist policies, the U.S. entry into WWI signaled a change in the way Americans thought and felt about the rest of the world - a change reflected in their fashion. In these lessons created by the New-York Historical Society Museum and Library, learn about the rise of Madame C.J. Walker, the first self-made Black female millionaire in the United States who built her beauty empire during the war, as well as post-war consumerism and the popularization of flappers.