Documents in Year 1920                     

Links of Interest:

• William Woodrow Wilson, Twenty-eighth U.S. President

(1913-1921)

• U.S. Census Overview 1920

• U.S. Census Fast Facts 1920

• KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA, becomes the first radio station to offer regular broadcasts on November 2, 1920.

• 19th Amendment

Women gain the right to vote.

• Edward S. Curtis

(American Photographer of Native Americans 1899-1929)

• Italian immigrants in California begin growing and popularizing broccoli (known since Thomas Jefferson's day, it had been enjoyed mainly by a privileged few). Wonder Bread hits the market (in Indianapolis, Indiana). Breakstone packages cream cheese for mass distribution.
  Anderson, Jean American Century Cookbook. p 109