By 1922, “the Flapper” had become a full-blown cultural phenomenon. In the following article, Ellen Welles Page, a self-described “semi-flapper,” attempted to explain the appeal of the flapper and pled with America’s mothers and fathers not to reflexively judge their flapper daughters. If one judges by appearances, I suppose I am a flapper. I am … Continue reading Ellen Welles Page, “A Flapper’s Appeal to Parents” (1922)