‘Flappers’ details life in the lively, roaring ‘20s

Singer and dancer Josephine Baker’s rise to fame is documented in “Flappers.”  (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

Steamship heiress Nancy Cunard appears in “Flappers” as a rebellious woman during this era, a writer who served as inspiration for characters in novels by D.H. Lawrence and Evelyn Waugh.   (Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Zelda Fitzgerald, a writer who also played muse to F. Scott Fitzgerald during their time together, is profiled in “Flappers.”  (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)

Tamara de Lempicka is depicted as a difficult yet talented artist whose paintings fell out of popularity but were again sought after in the 1970s. The cover of “Flappers” is a De Lempicka self-portrait.  (Imagno / Getty Images)

An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Diana Cooper often went against her parents’ wishes, enlisting as a nurse in the Volunteer Aid Department in World War I before becoming an actress.  (Apic / Getty Images)