Explore early 20th century history and culture—uncovering the entertainment and social trends that shaped life in North America and Europe from 1900 to 1930
Revised March 25, 2025 Women doctors now make up about 60 percent of practitioners under 35. The situation was very different in the past. No Women Doctors Need Apply In her book “Doctors Wanted, No Women Need Apply”: Sexual Barriers in the Medical Profession, 1835-1975, Mary Roth Walsh recounts the terrible difficulty women faced in…
Posted on February 20, 2020 by billlefurgy Updated, March 25, 2025 A viral song elbowed sex into American popular culture during the early years of the twentieth century. I learned more about this while researching my historical mystery book Into the Suffering City, which is set in 1909 Baltimore. Ragtime Music Sets the Stage for Controversial Songs Romance…