"The Flapper awoke from her lethargy of sub-deb-ism, bobbed her hair, put on her choicest pair of earrings and a great deal of audacity and rouge and went into the battle. She flirted because it was fun to flirt and wore a one-piece bathing suit because she had a good figure she was conscious that the things she did were the things she had always wanted to do. Mothers disapproved of their sons taking the Flapper to dances, to teas, to swim and most of all to heart."

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Source: Zelda Fitzgerald (2013). “The Collected Writings of Zelda Fitzgerald”, p.320, Simon and Schuster

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Zelda Fitzgerald was an American novelist and painter, known for her vibrant exploration of love and identity, particularly in her work 'Save Me the Waltz.'

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