Today’s topic for the Marketing for Romance Writers blog challenge is Time Travel: When and where would you go, and why? Care to join the conversation? https://mfrw52week.blogspot.com/

Ooh! What a juicy topic! I haven’t yet dipped my pen into the historical fiction genre, but I’ve long been fascinated by the 1920s and have vague plans to write a romantic suspense novel set in this era in Tacoma, Washington, my hometown.  

Why the 1920s?

It was a time of tremendous social change. Women bobbed their hair, removed their corsets, and kicked up their heels, quite literally, dancing the night away to the Charleston and other racy tunes. Besides the liberating, gorgeous fashions, women also claimed a level of sexual freedom their mothers never dreamed of. And, thanks to the hard work of their fore-mothers, women won the vote!

Jazz was born. So was popular culture—in that this was the first decade in which the whole country listened to the same music and watched the same films, thanks to developments in radio, films, and the automobile. New inventions like electric washing machines reduced the drudgery of housework and left women with more leisure time to explore their interests.

While alcohol was officially forbidden, clever consumers found myriad ways around that stricture, and speakeasies provided fun with a whiff of danger. Of course, it wasn’t all fun and games, especially for immigrants and those living in poverty. Folks in rural areas felt these social changes much less than those living in cities.

But to be a young woman in the 1920s would have been a heady experience. I’d love to step through a time portal and visit my hometown during that era.

Your turn at the time portal door. Which era will you visit?

Images courtesy of Pixabay. Title image by Jo-B.