All-Night Party

A group of beautiful socialites, poets, singers, artists, and journalists revolted against the idea of traditional female roles and managed to live according to their own terms. The most famous socialites include Mina Loy—a modernist poet who was much photographed and traveled in pivotal international artistic circles, Bessie Smith—a blues singer whose powerful voice embodied the 1920s ideal of sexual daring, Edna St. Vincent Millay—the lyric poet whose charm and passion made her the face of the female revolution in the 1920s, Margaret Anderson—the publisher behind the famous literary magazine The Little Review that was known for its controversial content, and Mabel Dodge--a wealthy heiress who hosted a salon in New York City that attracted many influential people.