"Professional Woman and the Flapper-Image vs. Reality" by Madi Smith is a book about two young middle class women in their twenties. At first both of them are working, but when one of them marries and has a child, she drops out of the work force to focus more her child and husband. The other stays single, remains in the work force, ends up becoming a flapper, and then becomes interested in the rise of Birth Control. this juxtaposition between the more traditional role of women and the new roles of women, emphasize the way that this era changed American life. when the flapper eventually finds a man she wants to marry, she expresses her hopes that she will remain independent and is able to keep her job, which emphasizes the lasting impact this shift in the roles of women would have in the coming world. Overall, this book is a well articulated demonstration on the importance of the changes in women's lives this era saw.
"The Life of Robert Williams" by Austin Lu is a story about an average, everyday american boy growing up through the 1920's. While he begins his early life in poverty, his prosperity grows as the American economy booms after the war due to rapid growth of the automobile and construction industry. He and his family suddenly have the necessary capital to buy discretionary goods, like radios and telephones. Because the economic boom also led to an education boom, Robert enrolls in school, not with the intention of being part of the schools' social scenes, but to prepare himself for a presumably bright future. This book offers a perspective of the American economic boom from the view of a well developed yet average American teen, which gives new and unique eyes to view the era through.
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