Chapter 20 review

William Lear & Elmer Wavering: invented the car radio; the idea from their girlfriends

Nellie Taylor Ross: Nations first women governor; governor of Wyoming

Miriam “Ma” Ferguson: Governor of Texas the same year as NTR

Charlotte Perkins Gilmore: disapproved of flappers; a generation of white nosed women who wear furs in the summer cannot lay claim to any real progress

Billy Sunday: Ordained minister in 1903; rose to prominence as a powerful revivalist preacher; Reflected the values of white, rural Americans

Aimee Semple McPhearson: fundamentalist; presented a sophisticated image; well known for healing the sick through prayer

John Scopes: violated Tn law about teaching evolution and got arrested; famous trial; took place in Dayton Tennessee

Clarence Darrow: most famous criminal lawyer in the country; defense in scope trial

William Jennings Bryan: three-time candidate for president; beloved orator and champion for farmers and rural values; prosecution in the scopes trial

Al Capone: prohibition era gangster

William Allen White: Journalist who supported many social causes, including prohibition

Pauline Sabine: at first a prohibitionist but later spoke out against it

Zora Neale Hurston: one of the leading figures in the HR; known for her range of works, including: Their eyes watching God (novel), many short stories, and nonfiction

Chicago Defender: a newspaper that spread the word about economic opportunities during the great migration

The Crisis: major outlet for AA writing and poetry