This book looks at the changing roles of women in the 1920s. After World War I women began to wear shorter dresses and cut their hair. With new technology women were freed from grueling tasks in the kitchen. After gaining the right to vote, women began to get an education and join the workforce. This book also looks at the changes in popular culture, such as make-up, clothing, and music. Math teachers can have students create word problems based on how much time women saved in the kitchen by using new appliances and how much time it will save the housewives over a year. Students can also measure items that are comparable to women’s skirt lengths and bathing suit lengths. Science teachers can have students look at the different machines and new inventions and how they work. Students can also look at articles from Odyssey magazine from the 1960s to see how scientists recommended women raise their children. Since smoking was popular at this time, students can research the effects of smoking. There is also a section on dieting and weight loss that students can compare to today’s methods. Since make up became popular at this time, another possible science lesson would be to look at the many ways women created make up. English teachers could use the same out dated articles from Odyssey magazine and discuss why copyright dates are important and discuss the creditability of the author. There is also a section on advertizing that students could use to discuss connotation and denotation of words, such as using within the curve of her arm rather than armpit. Music teachers can have students research popular music from the 1920 and dances such as the Charleston and the turkey trot. Art teachers can have students research the fashion of 1920 and design or draw sketches of dresses. They can also research Coco Chanel. This book can serve as an introduction to numerous topics for history teachers. It mentions the 19th Amendment, Ku Klux Klan for women, Jim Crow laws, the Red Scare, the Great Depression, and prohibition. They could also research why women were changing at this time such as the freedom that came from the invention of the automobile. Students can research one of the women who fought for equal rights for women. This book has a simple style. If the author thought the topic may be too difficult to understand she gave an explanation. While it is easy to understand, the organization is more complicated. The chapters are topical and it also follows a chronological order, but there are inserts of extra information added in random times. Often it interrupts a paragraph, and the reader finds himself or herself flipping back and forth through the pages. She does include many photographs of females and clothing styles from the time period as well as many advertisements. The author does a great job of covering a lot of information. She includes a table of contents, source notes, further reading and websites, an index, photograph acknowledgments, and author notes. Gourley is a creditable author, and she shows this by using numerous respectable sources to research her information. This is a great book that I would recommend to any teacher, especially anyone teaching American history or American literature. ( )