Lost Girls is an illuminating history of the iconic flapper as she evolved from a problem to a temptation, and finally, in the 1920s and beyond, to an aspiration. Unlike their mothers and ...

The big picture: The 1920s brought a redefinition in women's roles and ideals, from social mores to fashion. Flappers rejected the corsets — real and metaphorical — of yore, delaying marriage ...