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Minerva's Mailbag! 1920s Letters from Young Women in Long Beach
Don't Know Beach About History: Short Histories of Long Beach
Don't Know Beach About History: Short Histories of Long Beach
Minerva's Mailbag! 1920s Letters from Young Women in Long Beach
Oct 03, 2023
Season 2
Episode 4
In 1923, the Long Beach Press began an advice column—Minerva's Mailbag, later changed to Tell It to Mary—geared toward the young women of Long Beach.
What problems were vexing the teen girls and emerging adult women of Long Beach? Join us for an absolutely terrif discussion about flappers, dating, petting, loneliness, and upturned gender norms in a hotsy-totsy, yet topsy-turvy, time of rapid change in Long Beach.
