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The Great GatsbyTIMELINENov, 1920Republican Warren G. Harding is elected president in a landslide election.1921 Congress passes the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921 greatly limitingEuropean immigration. Anti-immigrant sentiments had been high due tothe war and a spike in unemployment. Under the provisions of this act, aquota system is developed to limit the amount of new immigrants from aforeign country to three percent of the current number of residents in theU.S. from that country according to the previous census.1921 Chanel No. 5 is introduced and quickly becomesthe world’s leading perfume. It is unique in thatit is a non-floral scent unlike any other on themarket.1921 Edith Wharton’s novel, The Age of Innocence, isawarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. She writesabout a young bachelor, Newland Archer, whoseengagement is threatened when he becomes closewith Countess Ellen Olenska, a divorcee and thesubject of intense gossip among the elite socialcircles of New York.1921 The Arrow shirt enters clothing stores as aresponse to the growing demand for shirtswith non-detachable collars.1921 U.S. cigarette consumption reaches 43billion, despite the fact that 14 states havemade them illegal and additional bills tooutlaw them are pending in twenty-eightother states.Margaret Gorman wins thefirst early version of the MissAmerica Pageant1921 The Inter-City Beauty contest, whichwould later grow into the Miss AmericaPageant, is held for the first time inAtlantic City. Young women are evaluatedby a panel of judges who score them onboth appearance and personality. Thecontest was followed by the Bather’sRevue, a bathing-suit competition.Sixteen-year-old Margaret Gorman sweptthe competition and walked away withboth the Inter-City Beauty prize and theGolden Mermaid Trophy for the bathingsuit contest.Arizona Theatre Company Play Guide 36
The Great Gatsby**1922 (the year in which The Great Gatsby takes place)TIMELINEJanuary 11January 13January 24January 29February 2February 5February 8February 27March 11March 18President Warren Harding speaks at thededication of the Lincoln MemorialFirst successful insulin treatment of diabetes.Flu epidemic claims 804 victims in Britain.Christian K. Nelson patents the Eskimo Pie.Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Hondurasand El Salvador dissolves.James Joyce publishes Ulysses (novel) in Parison his 40th birthday.DeWitt and Lila Wallace publish the firstissue of Reader’s Digest.President Warren G. Harding introduces thefirst radio in the White House.The Supreme Court of the United Statesrebuffs a challenge to the NineteenthAmendment to the United States Constitutionwhich had extended voting rights to womentwo years earlier.Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in Bombay for sedition (incitement ofresistance to or insurrection against lawful authority).In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for sedition(he would serve only 2 years).April 13 State of Massachusetts opens all publicoffices to women.May 30 In Washington, D.C., the LincolnMemorial is dedicated.June 28 The Irish Civil War begins.August 22 General Michael Collins, President ofthe Irish Provisional Government andCommander-in-Chief of the ProvisionalArmy, is assassinated.August 23 Revolt against the Spanish in Morocco.September 13 – 15 Fire, probably started by Turkishtroops, destroys most of Smyrna. Death toll estimated 100,000.September 18 Hungary joins the League of Nations.October 28 In Italy, with the March on Rome, fascism obtains power and BenitoMussolini becomes Prime Minister.October 31 Benito Mussolini becomes the youngest Premier in the history of Italy.November 1 Ottoman Empire is abolished.Arizona Theatre Company Play Guide 37
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