“American Moderns” by Christine Stansell offers an enthralling retelling of the culture of New York in the early 20th century. She includes brief, yet key, autobiographies to demonstrate some of the significant personalities of the time. These provide insight into the mind-set of Bohemian ideals, most of which were intertwined with the politics of the time. During this time period many new political parties and ideas surfaced. These were a result of the extensive social platform that was encouraged and made available to the distinctive communities of early 1900’s New York City. These ideas expanded on previous ideas and brought to life new ideas, most of which had some background influence from overseas, but others were formed completely from new-minded individuals, results of the bohemian era. One of the newer ideas was feminism, which was often linked to suffrage. During this time, women had shown extreme success in slowly integrating themselves as somewhat equivalent to males; they had gained more rights as married women, worked in professions that were previously strictly male, yet still maintained the household and child rearing. This time period brought about the beginning of many new ideas and culture, and I attribute this change to the diversity displayed throughout NYC that was a result of the increased immigration that had occurred in the late 19th century.