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96Women and Fashions of the Early 20th Century - World War I Era - Clothing of 1914 - 1920
Fashions of 1914 - 1920 were influenced by World War I (The Great War). Women entered the workplace and simpler styles became the trend. A military look became a hot fashion trend and the classic trench coat was introduced. The second season of Downton Abbey is set during this time.
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92WWI vs WWII
The early twentieth century was mainly an extension of the nineteenth century. The dominant powers and their governments as well as political and social ideologies were largely unchanged. The First World War, or "Great War", as it was known, began...
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891920
Colourful, exuberant, fun-loving....1920 ushered in a decade of great optimism. It was a time when the rules were broken, new territories explored...when women broke free from many of the sartorial and social restrictions that had plagued their mothers and grandmothers.
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85Major Events in French History
“The history of France can be used as a blueprint defining the historical, cultural and social development of what we now recognise as modern European States....” Er..., I guess. Alternatively, it can read almost like the screenplay for a...
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82World War 1 History: Maria Bochkareva-- Commander of 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death
Maria Bochkareva was the only woman allowed to join a combat unit in the Russian army in 1914 (or any World War One army). This illiterate peasant woman was wounded many times, received many medals, formed and commanded the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death in 1917 and led it into battle.
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83Hitchcock's The 39 Steps
British film director, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, had a disturbing childhood, but by some fantastic twist, his early suffering was transformed into creative genius. When Hitchcock was a little boy growing up in Leytonstone, London, his father sent him,...
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83Wilfred Owen: Poet in the Horrors of War
The “Great” War –World War One– was possibly the most horrific human conflict in man's history, argued only by the war in Vietnam. Trenches, Gas, slaughter & shell-shock. A war stretching from Russia to France, from Kenya to Britain –not...
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83Nancy Mitford's Delightful Novels, The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate
Nancy Mitford’s two novels, The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate, describe the lives, and love affairs, of three beautiful aristocrats during the time-between-the-wars: the “lost” and...
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82Post WWI Europe and America
World War I had a negative impact in Europe because it caused the death of almost 10 million people. These deaths were called the lost generation because nearly an entire generation of young men was wiped out it only a few short...
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80Death of Henry Allingham - Veteran of World War I and Original Member of Britain's RAF
July 19, 2009 With the death of Henry William Allingham in the early morning hours of July 18, 2009 the number of known surviving veterans of World War I, or the Great War as it is known outside the U.S., has dwindled to four. It is estimated that...
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