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Scholastic Turns 100

In October 1920, Maurice R. Robinson published the first issue of The Western Pennsylvania Scholastic, a magazine about local sports. It was the beginning of the company that would become Scholastic. Today, it’s the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and magazines. A lot has changed in the past 100 years. Here’s a look at what life might have been like if YOU were a kid in 1920. 

Your mom might have voted for president for the first time. 

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It was the first year that women in every state were allowed to vote in national elections. They helped elect Warren G. Harding as the 29th U.S. president.

The U.S. map in your classroom had only 48 states. 

Alaska and Hawaii didn’t join until 1959.

A movie ticket cost about 15 cents. 

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You might have seen a Felix the Cat cartoon before the featured film. It was the silent film era—movies didn’t have spoken dialogue until 1927. 

You probably didn’t have electricity. 

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Only about 35 percent of homes in the U.S. did! About the same percentage had telephones—and they looked like this.

If your family owned a car, chances are it was a
Ford Model T. 

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Babe Ruth might have been your new favorite sports star. 

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In his first season with the New York Yankees, Ruth set a record with 54 home runs—more than 14 of the other 15 teams hit that year! 

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