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“Does a Flapper Make a Good Wife? Painted lips, flush of liquor, scanty raiment, dash, and high speed – How do they mix with happy marriage?” The Roaring Twenties question posed in an article by Kathleen Norris in the weekly magazine Liberty may have given some men pause to wonder, and ask “Am I willing to risk marriage to a gal with these questionable attributes?”
Well, I admit that the question of whether a Flapper would make a good wife is a tad antique by now. But, then, so are both Liberty magazine and I. Still, the question raised back in the 1920s by Kathleen Norris about what constitutes moral, civilized good manners and behavior are no less relevant to a successful marriage these days. A good, moral man capable of responsible and trustworthy commitment and a good moral woman capable of the same are still most likely to make a good, moral, and committed marriage.
Nope, not going to go into endless discussion of what constitutes...
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