Women of the 1920's
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Victorian Women
1920s Women
They wore shorter stuff like tank tops and women decided to show more skin than before. These women had jobs like factory workers, secretaries, salesclerks and telephone operators. The number of women attending colleges rose to 10% by the end of the 1920's. Jazz music inspired new, crazy, flamboyant dance moves. Women in the 1920's were not content just to stay at home and put up with bad husbands and the number of divorces doubled in America
Post World War 2 Women
Women wore more uniform like clothes and looked more like soldiers than fashion like women. Many women served in the armed forces during the war. Some served as nurses in the Army Nurse corps. This could be a dangerous job as some nurses worked in hospitals that were close to the war front. They served in a variety of areas including field hospitals, ship hospitals, medical transport planes, and evacuation hospitals. The women in the 20's had the option to divorce like how it is today. They needed divorce papers.