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Women: Changes in Manners and MoralsMatt Profaci
The
1920s
+World War I
War prompts women’s freedom
Volunteer work, women in army
Women contribute to war effort
+Suffrage: A Woman’s Right to Vote
August 18th, 1920 – women’s suffrage legally adopted in the Nineteenth Amendment.
Newly empowered feeling for women
Women could now be a progressive force – how far could they go?
+The Workforce and Political Endeavors
Women were now elected into the House of Representatives
End of the decade: 200 women in state legislature
Workforce included more women: factories, mailrooms, nursing, teaching, social workers
Women could balance work with social responsibilities
Some women became lawyers and doctors!
+New Values Expressed Through Fashion
The “Flapper” – the woman having fun!
Free spirit expressed through clothing
Short hair is common
Independent, fun-loving, free-spirited look
Glamorized in cinema
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SEX! Sexual revolution: Flappers and other young women
glamorize sex, something not done before by women
Sexual freedom – public displays of affection
Rise of birth control
Challenging conservative American values; tradition meant nothing
Miss America Pageant, Atlantic City NJ
Now that I’ve got your attention…
+Women Being Arrested for theirSkimpy Bathing Suits
+A New Frontier…
The 1920s pioneered a new shade of women’s culture
1920s women’s morals would raise spirits during the Great Depression
Not yet free from discrimination, yet voices were heard
+Works Cited
Howes, Kelly K., ed. Roaring Twenties Reference Library. Vol. 1. Detroit: UXL, 2006. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 21 Nov. 2010.
Routledge, Chris. "Flappers." Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century America. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Detroit: Gale, 2002. 261-63. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 16 Nov. 2010.
Sheets, Deirdre. "Miss America Pageant." Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 3rd ed. Vol. 5. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. 406. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 16 Nov. 2010.
Women In Bathing Suits Being Arrested. 1922. Photograph. Bettmann/ Corbis, Chicago. Crime and Punishment: Essential Primary Sources. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 197-99. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 16 Nov. 2010.
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