1920s People

known as the “Empress of the Blues” and one of the biggest African American stars of the time

One of the most successful ad executives in the 20s

Arrested & jailed 3 times due to my activity in the Women's Social & Political Union

the first woman to complete a solo transatlantic flight

Famous film actor who left school to work in British vaudeville

Owned own studis & cofounded United Artists

Major organizer of US women's suffrage movement - drafted equal rights amendment in 1923

Helped make Americans more mobile & helped grow new industries (gas stations & motels)

Famous Baseball player who hit 60 homeruns in 1927

Applies the principles of an assembly line to mass produce automobiles

famous jazz musician. I helped write the first ever autobiography of a jazz musician, Swing That Music

Founder of a motor company

writing was primarily a social history of the Jazz Age

Trademark character introduced in 1914 was the Tramp

Philosophy was that good advertising appealed to consumers and created desire for a product

Woman's Rights advocated with six college degrees

began painting flowers up close.

most famous for being the first woman to swim across the English Channel.

Disappeared on a trip around the world

first person to fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean

Spirit of St. Louis, took off from Roosevelt Field in New York, & landed 33 hours later at Le Bourget Aerodrome in Paris

American gangster in the 1920’s during Prohibition

Nicknamed the Bambino & the Sultan of Swat