33:
64:
In a speech delivered on May 14, 1920, Harding proclaimed that
America needed "not nostrums, but normalcy". Two months later, during a homecoming speech, Harding reaffirmed his endorsement of "normal times and a return to normalcy."
75:
had upended life, and
Harding said that it altered the perspective of humanity. He argued that the solution was to seek normalcy by restoring life to how it was before the war. Harding's conception of normalcy for the 1920s included
514:
317:
125:
was an "obscure math term" before its use by
Harding during the campaign. Harding, a newspaper editor, addressed the issue of the word's origin, claiming that
593:
480:
241:
522:
292:
395:
588:
342:
166:
53:
198:
375:
190:
547:
158:
89:
365:
562:
367:
Mr. Beat presents...The
Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History
272:
216:
143:
Harding's position attracted support during the 1920 presidential election, winning 60.3% of the popular vote.
598:
194:
249:
221:
17:
293:"Warren Harding Tried to Return America to 'Normalcy' After WWI and the 1918 Pandemic. It failed"
423:
183:
113:
8:
153:
97:
350:
558:
488:
443:
371:
268:
49:
111:, saying that it was poorly coined by Harding, as opposed to the more accepted term
32:
435:
178:
140:
to the press to instill the domestic image associated with his vision of normalcy.
121:
had been listed in dictionaries as far back as 1857. According to some historians,
81:
45:
93:
582:
492:
461:
447:
439:
396:"Obama didn't use improper grammar. Cut him and other public figures a break"
193:, specifically referring to Biden's promises to end the "divisiveness of the
100:
of
Roosevelt, favoring the earlier isolationist policy of the United States.
568:
424:"The Making of the "First Dog": President Warren G. Harding and Laddie Boy"
400:
391:
162:
85:
77:
108:
72:
68:
210:
137:
557:, edited by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., et al. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
104:
267:. University of Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 107.
170:
103:
Detractors of the time tried to belittle the word "normalcy" as a
551:
157:
compared the desire for a "return to normalcy" in 1920 to the
213:, also concerned with trying to emerge from abnormal periods
56:. Harding won the election with 60.4% of the popular vote.
462:"Election of 1920: Republican and the Return to Normalcy"
117:. There was contemporaneous discussion and evidence that
36:
Harding was the first to call for "A Return to
Normalcy".
189:
The phrase "return to normalcy" became associated with
182:
takes place during the 1920 election and is titled "
265:
Fixing
English: Prescriptivism and Language History
197:," as well as his campaign's focus on tackling the
580:
594:United States presidential domestic programs
390:
515:"Joe Biden's promise: a return to normalcy"
191:the 2020 presidential campaign of Joe Biden
479:Roberts, Chalmers M. (November 16, 1994).
290:
54:1920 United States presidential election
31:
553:The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
478:
343:"The Mavens' Word of the Day: normalcy"
14:
581:
421:
262:
199:COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
512:
136:Harding prominently featured his dog
363:
286:
284:
24:
291:Deverell, William (May 19, 2020).
25:
610:
541:
281:
59:
589:American political catchphrases
506:
481:"RETURN TO 'NORMALCY' -- AGAIN"
472:
349:. June 25, 1999. Archived from
318:"Presidential Election of 1920"
217:Presidency of Warren G. Harding
454:
415:
384:
357:
335:
310:
256:
234:
146:
13:
1:
227:
513:Klein, Ezra (May 20, 2019).
364:Beat, Matt (July 14, 2020).
133:appeared in his dictionary.
7:
370:. Independently published.
246:teachingamericanhistory.org
204:
10:
615:
573:Columbia Journalism Review
167:1992 presidential election
575:, January/February 2002.
440:10.1163/1568530054300190
222:Make America Great Again
422:Pycior, Helena (2005).
151:Chalmers M. Roberts of
37:
569:"A Time for Normalcy"
428:Society & Animals
263:Curzan, Anne (2014).
35:
27:U.S. political slogan
394:(October 29, 2013).
297:Smithsonian Magazine
242:"Return to Normalcy"
184:A Return to Normalcy
176:The 12th episode of
525:on January 16, 2021
466:www.u-s-history.com
322:Library of Congress
252:on October 3, 2006.
154:The Washington Post
42:Return to normalcy
38:
599:Warren G. Harding
571:by Evan Jenkins,
377:979-8-7066-9491-3
353:on June 18, 2006.
50:Warren G. Harding
16:(Redirected from
606:
535:
534:
532:
530:
521:. Archived from
510:
504:
503:
501:
499:
476:
470:
469:
458:
452:
451:
419:
413:
412:
410:
408:
388:
382:
381:
361:
355:
354:
339:
333:
332:
330:
328:
314:
308:
307:
305:
303:
288:
279:
278:
260:
254:
253:
248:. Archived from
238:
179:Boardwalk Empire
82:civic engagement
21:
614:
613:
609:
608:
607:
605:
604:
603:
579:
578:
544:
539:
538:
528:
526:
511:
507:
497:
495:
485:Washington Post
477:
473:
460:
459:
455:
420:
416:
406:
404:
389:
385:
378:
362:
358:
347:randomhouse.com
341:
340:
336:
326:
324:
316:
315:
311:
301:
299:
289:
282:
275:
261:
257:
240:
239:
235:
230:
207:
149:
62:
46:campaign slogan
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
612:
602:
601:
596:
591:
577:
576:
566:
543:
542:External links
540:
537:
536:
505:
471:
453:
414:
383:
376:
356:
334:
309:
280:
273:
255:
232:
231:
229:
226:
225:
224:
219:
214:
206:
203:
169:following the
148:
145:
94:Woodrow Wilson
88:. He rejected
61:
58:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
611:
600:
597:
595:
592:
590:
587:
586:
584:
574:
570:
567:
564:
563:0-618-22647-8
560:
556:
554:
549:
546:
545:
529:September 15,
524:
520:
516:
509:
494:
490:
486:
482:
475:
467:
463:
457:
449:
445:
441:
437:
433:
429:
425:
418:
403:
402:
397:
393:
387:
379:
373:
369:
368:
360:
352:
348:
344:
338:
323:
319:
313:
298:
294:
287:
285:
276:
274:9781139952286
270:
266:
259:
251:
247:
243:
237:
233:
223:
220:
218:
215:
212:
209:
208:
202:
200:
196:
192:
187:
185:
181:
180:
174:
172:
168:
164:
160:
159:1946 midterms
156:
155:
144:
141:
139:
134:
132:
128:
124:
120:
116:
115:
110:
107:as well as a
106:
101:
99:
95:
91:
87:
83:
79:
74:
70:
66:
60:1920 election
57:
55:
51:
47:
43:
34:
30:
19:
572:
552:
527:. Retrieved
523:the original
518:
508:
496:. Retrieved
484:
474:
465:
456:
431:
427:
417:
407:February 23,
405:. Retrieved
401:The Guardian
399:
392:Kory Stamper
386:
366:
359:
351:the original
346:
337:
325:. Retrieved
321:
312:
300:. Retrieved
296:
264:
258:
250:the original
245:
236:
188:
177:
175:
163:World War II
152:
150:
142:
135:
130:
126:
122:
118:
112:
102:
98:the activism
90:the idealism
86:isolationism
78:deregulation
67:
63:
41:
39:
29:
195:Trump years
147:Other usage
109:malapropism
73:Spanish flu
69:World War I
52:during the
583:Categories
548:"Normalcy"
434:(2): 113.
228:References
211:New normal
161:following
138:Laddie Boy
555:, 3rd ed.
493:0190-8286
448:1063-1119
131:normality
114:normality
105:neologism
498:April 5,
327:April 5,
302:April 5,
205:See also
171:Cold War
165:and the
129:but not
127:normalcy
123:normalcy
119:normalcy
71:and the
48:used by
44:" was a
18:Normalcy
561:
491:
446:
374:
271:
84:, and
559:ISBN
531:2020
500:2022
489:ISSN
444:ISSN
409:2014
372:ISBN
329:2022
304:2022
269:ISBN
96:and
519:Vox
436:doi
186:".
92:of
585::
550:,
517:.
487:.
483:.
464:.
442:.
432:13
430:.
426:.
398:.
345:.
320:.
295:.
283:^
244:.
201:.
173:.
80:,
565:.
533:.
502:.
468:.
450:.
438::
411:.
380:.
331:.
306:.
277:.
40:"
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
