Queer Club Culture, Gays in Military

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Why the 'gay ban' was only lifted in 2000 - IWM > .

London - Clubs, Cabarets, Dance, Halls - Brit >> .

Rise & Fall of Lesbian Bars (USA) ..

Despite the risks involved, the 20th century saw a thriving underground queer community develop. National Archive records show a wonderful defiance to live and love despite the law. Using unique archive items, this talk seeks to tell the important story of some of the clandestine LGBTQ+ spaces that were raided and closed by police and the covert methods of communication that had to be relied upon. The talk explores a number of spaces, from the Caravan Club – known as ‘London’s greatest bohemian rendezvous’ – to the lively Shim Sham Club, so named after the Harlem tap dance. Through photographs, court reports, witness statements and even tantalising love letters that were never meant for our eyes, this talk provides an insight into these little-known underground venues and the powerful voices of individuals inside them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_Allan .

Rise & Fall of Lesbian Bars

.Rise & Fall of Lesbian Bars (USA) > .

Lesbian bars are a mainstay of American queer culture. But with only 21 left in the entire country, lesbian bar owners are fighting to keep these safe spaces open.

Queer Club Culture ..

Roaring 20s

.How [Americans] In the Roaring 20's Spent Their Free Time - Weird > .

What Caused The Roaring 20s? - Weird > .

For the healing of the nations there must be good will and charity, confidence and peace," President Calvin Coolidge declared at the end of 1923, as the shadow of WWI continued to loom over America. What was life actually like in the decade that came to be known as the Roaring Twenties? While most history textbooks emphasize the country's recovery from war, the 1920s were full of great change and progress for many Americans. During this decade, the economy doubled, meaning people bought more goods and had more time to invest in leisure activities. It was an era of seemingly endless prosperity, which came to a sudden halt when 1929's Wall Street crash triggered the Great Depression.

Few decades capture the imagination like the 1920s. Like so many good stories, it got its start from a time of great turmoil and ended in a dramatic fashion. What happened between 1920 and 1929 has passed beyond history and has become legend. The lessons of the 1920s are still relevant today. Many of the debates and issues of the era are still part of the national conversation. Economic policies, consumer behaviors and mass culture of the 1920s are reflected in our culture almost 100 years later.

Veterans Affairs

The [US] Army’s Message to Returning World War I Troops? Behave Yourselves .

“Ex-soldiers not cared for, ex-soldiers out of work, in insane asylums, in jails, walking the streets,” he wrote. After looking more into how some of his fellow veterans were faring, Hayden found that there were “thousands upon thousands of these men in straitened circumstances, in poverty. There were more thousands, who needed hospital attention, who were not getting it.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/magazine/world-war-i-veterans-treatment.html .

Women WW1

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WomensWork100 Trailer - IWM > .

First World War and Votes for Women - namUK > .

Queens of the Machines - WW1 > .

WW1

Women in Combat - UK ..

Women in Wartime ..

Women WW1 ..

Suffragettes
http://theconversation.com/how-17-000-petitions-helped-deliver-votes-for-women-91093
https://theconversation.com/pankhurst-sisters-the-bitter-divisions-behind-their-fight-for-womens-votes-91086
https://theconversation.com/hundred-years-of-votes-for-women-how-far-weve-come-and-how-far-theres-still-to-go-91169