‘Flappers’ details life in the lively, roaring ‘20s

Actress Tallulah Bankhead is one of the women covered in “Flappers,” a book that details the lives of forward-thinking women of the 1920s. (NBC Television / Getty Images)

Jan. 23, 2014 11:31 AM PT

Judith Mackrell’s book, “Flappers,” covers the lives of six women during the 1920s and the unconventional lives they led. Read the review

Singer and dancer Josephine Baker’s rise to fame is documented in “Flappers.” (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

Steamship heiress Nancy Cunard appears in “Flappers” as a rebellious woman during this era, a writer who served as inspiration for characters in novels by D.H. Lawrence and Evelyn Waugh. (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Zelda Fitzgerald, a writer who also played muse to F. Scott Fitzgerald during their time together, is profiled in “Flappers.” (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

Tamara de Lempicka is depicted as a difficult yet talented artist whose paintings fell out of popularity but were again sought after in the 1970s. The cover of “Flappers” is a De Lempicka self-portrait. (Imagno / Getty Images)

An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Diana Cooper often went against her parents’ wishes, enlisting as a nurse in the Volunteer Aid Department in World War I before becoming an actress. (Apic / Getty Images)

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