1920’s Dinner Party
CHARACTER LIST
Helen Keller
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HELEN KELLER WAS BLIND AND ALSO DEATH.
SHE WAS AN AMERICAN AUTHOR, POLITICAL
ACTIVIST, AND LECTURER.
HELEN KELLER WAS THE FIRST DEAF/BLIND
PERSON TO EARN A BACHELOR OF ARTS
DEGREE.
Helen Wills
 Helen was born Oct. 6 1905 and began play tennis at
the age of 14
 She was a world champion tennis player in the 1920s
and '30s
 Wills won 31 Grand Slam titles and two Olympic
medals. She was inducted into the International
Tennis Hall of Fame in 1959
Coco Chanel
 Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was born in 1883 and died in 1971.
 She created a new look for women in the 20th century, creating clothes
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that were primarily comfortable.
The Chanel No.5 scent is the best selling in the world.
Opening her first shop on Paris’s Rue Cambon in 1910, Chanel started
out selling hats.
She launched her first perfume, Chanel No. 5, which was the first to
feature a designer’s name.
In 1925, she introduced the now legendary Chanel suit with collarless
jacket and well-fitted skirt.
Another 1920s revolutionary design was Chanel’s little black dress. She
took a color once associated with mourning and showed just how chic it
could be for eveningwear.
Red Grange
 Born: June 13, 1903, Forks Ville, PA
 Died: January 28, 1991, Morton, IL
 Movies: The Galloping Ghost, The Golden Twenties
 Harold Edward "Red" Grange, nicknamed "The
Galloping Ghost", was a college and professional
American football halfback for the University of
Illinois, the Chicago Bears, and for the short-lived
New York Yankees.
 Education: University of Illinois at Urbana–
Champaign, Wheaton High School
Henry Ford
 Created the Assembly Line
 Used the Assembly Line to create the Model T’s
 Famous for saying “The Model T comes in any color
you want, as long as you want black”.
Amelia Earhart
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FIRST FEMALE AVIATOR TO FLY SOLO
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
WROTE BEST SELLING BOOK ABOUT HER
FLYING EXPERIENCES.
SHE FLEW BETWEEN NEW GUINEA AND
ITASCA, THE COAST HAD LOST ALL
CONTACT WITH AMELIA’S PLANE AND
THEY HAD NEVER HEARD FROM HER
AGAIN.
Babe Ruth
BORN : 2/6/1895
DIED: 8/16/1948
REAL NAME: GEORGE HERMAN
NICK NAME : THE GREAT BAMBINO
OUT FIELDER AND PITCHER FOR NEW YORK YANKEES
Louis Armstrong
 Was a musician
 Did American Jazz, Trumpeter, and singer
 Played the trumpet and the cornet
 Songs he wrote:
 (What a) Wonderful World
 Hello, Dolly!
 Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
Flapper Girl
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NORTHERN, URBAN, SINGLE, YOUNG, MIDDLE -CLASS
WOMEN
THE FLAPPER BECAME THE IMAGE THAT REPRESENTED
THE TREMENDOUS CHANGE IN WOMEN'S LIVES AND
ATTITUDES DURING THAT PERIOD
SHORT SLEEK HAIR, A SHORTER THAN AVERAGE
SHAPELESS SHIFT DRESS, A CHEST AS FLAT AS A
BOARD, WORE MAKE UP AND APPLIED IT IN PUBLIC,
SMOKED WITH A LONG CIGARETTE HOLDER, EXPOSED
HER LIMBS AND EPITOMIZED THE SPIRIT OF A
RECKLESS REBEL WHO DANCED THE NIGHTS AWAY IN
THE JAZZ AGE
Langston Hughes
 Born on February 1, 1902
 Died on May 22, 1967
 He was an American poet
 He was raised by his grandmother after his parents
separated
 In school he was elected class poet
 His first published was The Crisis in 1921
Charles A. Linbergh
 Born: In Detroit Febuaray 4th 1902
 Died August 26th 1974
 In 1935 his infant son was kidnapped and murdered, the
crime became known as the crime of the century.
 He took his family and moved from New York to Europe,
but returned in 1939.
 In World War 2, he proposed a nuetrality act with the us
and germany, but Roosevelt publicly questioned his loyalty
and Linbergh felt he had to resign. He ended up flying 50
combat missions for the US.
Howard Hughes
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H E W A S B O R N O N D E C E M B E R 2 4 TH
1905 IN HOUSTON.
HOWARD HUGHES PRODUCED AND
DIRECTED MOVIES IN THE 30S.
HE HAD A PLAYBOY LIFESTYLE AND
LOVE OF AVIATION.
AFTER A PLANE ACCIDENT IN
1946,HE BECAME RECLUSIVE.
HE DIED ON APRIL 5,1976
Zelda Sayre
 Born in Montgomery, Alabama
 Was an American novelist and wife of writer F. Scott
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Fitzgerald
Known as the first American Flapper.
Wanted women to have the same rights as men.
Was accused of homosexuality
Born July 24, 1900 Died March 10, 1948
Clara Bow
 Clara Gordon Bow was born and raised in poverty in
Brooklyn, New York, on July 29, 1905. Her family
was beset with violence. Her mother tried to slit
Clara's throat when she attempted to enter the film
industry.
Al Capone
 Alphonse Gabriel was an American gangster who attained
fame during the Prohibition era. His seven-year reign as
crime boss ended when he was 33 years old.
 Born in Brooklyn, New York on January 17, 1899
immigrants from Italy.
 11 year sentence in Atlanta U.S. penitentiary and Alcatraz.
 Bootlegger, Gangster, racketeer, and boss of the Chicago
Outfit.
Billy Sunday
BORN NOVEMBER 19, 1862
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PLAYED BASEBALL
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THE NATION'S MOST FAMOUS EVANGELIST
SUNDAY HELD WIDELY REPORTED CAMPAIGNS
IN AMERICA'S LARGEST CITIES
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• Katerine Hepburn
• Her recognizable angular features
• Her strong outspoken personality
• Distinctive way of speaking, with what many say is a
"Bryn Mawr" accent
• hatred of skirts.
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wide-leg slacks, man-tailored shirts with
upturned collars, high-neck sweaters and,
comfortable clothes
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Born: 1896, 24, September, Saint Paul, MN
 Died: 1940, 21, December, Hollywood, Los Angeles,
CA
 Spouse: Zelda Fitzgerald (1920–1940)
 Children: Frances Scott Fitzgerald
 F. Scott Fitzgerald was born Francis Scott Key
Fitzgerald on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul,
Minnesota. His namesake (and second cousin three
times removed on his father's side) was Francis Scott
Key, who wrote the lyrics to the "Star-Spangled
Banner."
Gibson Girl
 The Gibson Girl began appearing in the 1890s and
was the personification of the feminine ideal of
beauty portrayed by the satirical pen-and-ink
illustrations of illustrator Charles Dana Gibson
during a 20 year period that spanned the late 19th
and early 20th century in the US and Canada.
Ernest
Hemmingway
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An American author
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His economical and
understated style had a
strong influence on 20th
century fiction
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Born on July 21, 1899 – Died
on July 2, 1961
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Wrote many books
including; The Old Man and
the Sea, The Sun Also Rises,
A Farewell to Arms, For
whom the Bell Tolls, A
Moveable Feast
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Was well known for his
particular attire.
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James Naismith
 Invented the game of Basketball
 Designed the first football helmet
 He penned the first basketball rule book
 Established the basketball program at the University
of Kansas
Albert Einstein
 Albert Einstein was born on the 14th of March 1879
and died on the 18th of April 1955.
 He produced perhaps one of the most famous
equations ever: E = mc² (energy equals mass
multiplied by the speed of light squared).
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a proponent of the Black Nationalism
Pan-Africanism mvements
inspiring the NationMarcus Garvey the Rastafarian
movement.
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CLVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
• BORN :AUGUST 17, 1887
• DIED: JUNE 10, 1940
• BORN: ST ANN’S BAY JAMAICA
• DIED: LONDON, ENGLAND
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Dorothea Lange
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1895-1965
SHE WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER
TOOK PICTURES OF FARMERS DURING
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Bugs Moran
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MORAN'S RIVAL AL CAPONE
WAS A CHICAGO PROHIBITION-ERA
GANGSTER.
CREDITED FOR CREATING AND MAKING
FAMOUS “DRIVE BY’S”
Nellie Tayloe Ross
 1st Women governor of Wyoming (democrat)
 Director of the Mint
 Had 4 childre
Charlie Chaplin
 English comedic actor and filmmaker
 Loved to make people laugh
Jack Dempsey
 Heavyweight Boxing Champion 7 Years in a row
 Known in Manassa, Colorado
 Known as the “Manssa Mauler”
 Name is William Harrison Dempsey took boxing
name from his brother