Flappers

By Carolyn Cover and Ashley Diment

Objective• The point of this

PowerPoint is to educate viewers about who these fascinating

women were, how they dressed, acted,

and about their modern ideas and

behavior.

• In the nineteen twenties, a “new breed” of women

was born• Flappers were

women who smoked, drank, voted, danced, and flaunted their disdain for conventional behavior.

They partied, broke the rules, and

rejected the traditional

roles of women

Embracing all things modern, a Flapper’s wardrobe was a startling change of that from prior generations

1910 Dress

1920 dress (note the dropped waistline and shorter skirt length)

• Hemlines rose, waistlines dropped and Cloche hats were the thing to have

The flapper “bobbed” her hair,

She wore shift dresses with startlingly short hemlines,

• And she wore make up (which she might even apply in public!)

Flappers were notorious for dancing provocatively

• They frequented jazz clubs and also attended “petting parties”

They also drove cars, which was considered shocking behavior for a woman.

Like most other things, Flappers had new ideas about relationship standards.

The flapper insisted on partnership in her marriage, if she even chose to marry.

Though the bold ideas of these assertive young women are commonly

accepted today, they did not reflect the opinion of most people in their time.

They were more of a symbol of women’s independence.