Blithely flinging aside the Victorian manners that kept her disapproving mother corseted, the New Woman of the 1920s puffed cigarettes, snuck gin, hiked her hemlines, danced the Charleston, and necked in roadsters. More important, she earned her own keep, controlled her own destiny, and secured liberties that modern women take for granted. Her newfound freedom heralded a radica...(展开全部)

乔舒亚·蔡茨（Joshua Zeitz），历史学家，任教于剑桥大学彭布罗克学院和哈佛大学，《美国遗产》杂志的特约撰稿人。他的作品刊登在《纽约时报》、《华盛顿邮报》、《洛杉矶时报》和《新共和》上。他现居住在纽约和剑桥两地。