All Things Being Female: 1890s-1920s

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1. What type of female is considered America's first pin-up girl? Ziegfield Girl Gibson Girl Vamp It Girl

2. In the 1890s a woman getting her photograph taken was likely to do this with her lips. pucker them slightly tightly compress them smile widely, showing teeth smile, lips upward, showing no teeth

3. This actress purred through her screen characters and is thought to have set the model for all the sex symbols of the 20th Century. Jean Harlow Clara Bow Theda Bara Billie Dove

4. It is said all of America fell in love with this American woman during the first decade of the 1900's. American women named their babies after her and copied her dress. The British toiled with the idea of conferring royal status upon her. The Sultan of Sulu was reputed to have asked her to join his harem as Wife Number Seven. Who was she? Consuelo Vanderbilt May Goelet Evelyn Nesbit Alice Roosevelt

5. In 1926, comedian Charlie Chaplin listed 10 qualities that defined his ideal woman. Which of the following were not on the list? She loaths cross-word puzzles Her shoulders are never shiny She knows the words of no popular dance music, or, if she does, never sings them in my ear when dancing She never takes advantage of a voluptuous situation to narrow her eyes

6. What was film-screen vamp Theda Bara's campy come-on line? Your lips beckon, crawl closer Hurry slave, our chariot awaits Fool, slither over here Kiss me, my fool

7. In 1910, when Teresa Fair Oelrichs of San Francisco smoked in public it made it into the next day's newpapers. True False

8. She said she was kidnapped by Rosie and Steve, driven to a shack and held for ransom. Who was she? Agatha Christie Aimee McPherson a young Gloria Vanderbilt Anita Loos

9. In the early 1920s if someone called a woman a "wild woman" what did it mean? She is one who always stays to the last dance She's a girl who is no better than she should be She is a person of pominence She is tiresome

10. Where did the word "Flapper" come from? It derived from her habit of walking about in un-buckled shoes From 19th century English slang for an unruly girl From her habit of talking fast From her rouged knees moving fast when she danced