In 1924, those fifty venerable founders of our grand organization were in the midst of the "Roaring '20's." Historians characterize the decade of the 1920's as a time of frivolity, abundance, and happy-go-lucky attitudes. Women's fashions became less formal. They discarded their corsets, revealed their legs and bobbed their hair!
Here are some notable events of that fateful year: Paris hosted the Olympics; Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue was performed in NYC; Macy's held its first Thanksgiving Day Parade; Margaret Truman, Gloria Vanderbilt, Sarah Vaughn, Doris Day, Marlon Brando, William Sloane Coffin, Audie Murphy, Bobby Short and Truman Capote were born; Vladimir Lenin, Louis Sullivan and Isabella Stewart Gardner died; President Coolidge granted citizenship to all Native Americans born within U.S. territory; and Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming was the first woman elected governor of her state.
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