Women in the Twenties
by: Kira Y, Val B, Stina A and Maddie E
Women's Rights
Women's Sufferage
- 19th Amendment - gives women right to vote YAY (1920)
- Equal Rights Amendment (1923), stated “Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.”
- over a million women turned out to vote in the election of 1920 in response to the 19th Amendment being passed
New Rights
- Nellie Tayloe Ross elected first female governor of Wyoming in 1925
- Women competed in the Olympics in 1928 in some field events
- Gained widespread access to birth control
Planned Parenthood
- Founded by Margaret Sanger
- Originally American Birth Control League
- "Make every child a wanted child"
Nancy Drew
- Written by Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson under the pen name Carolyn Keene
- The main character, Nancy Drew, was a young detective who worked alongside the police and solved crime which chronicled how the view of women had changed
Flappers
Flappers
- Young women of the 1920's
- Known for their scandalous clothing, rebellious nature
- Wanted full equality with men
Causes of the Flapper Movement
- World War I had a big role in the development of the Flapper
- After the devastation of the war, young women just wanted to be free and have fun
- The strain of the war placed on society sped up the growth of liberal beliefs and later, the Flapper
Flapper Life
- Mass automobile production allowed widespread access to cars
- Increased equality between men and women
- Flappers were some of the first women to vote
- Dances such as the tango and charleston became more risque
- Flappers and their boyfriends drank liquor in clubs and speakeasies
- Flappers also smoked in result of stress from the war
Employment
Trends of Employment
- Mass automobile production allowed widespread access to cars
- Increased equality between men and women
- Flappers were some of the first women to vote
- Flappers and their boyfriends drank liquor in clubs and speakeasies
- Flappers also smoked in result of stress from the war
- previously occupied fields: textile workers, teachers, librarians, social workers, nurses (continued to grow this era)
- creative occupations: designers for department stores, those responsible for department store stock*
- clerical occupations: typists, filing clerks, stenographers, secretaries
Reaction to Employment
"I pay our women well so they can dress attractively and get married." -Henry Ford
Consumerism
Electricity
- Household appliances gave women more leisure time
- Women were responsible for the growing consumerism as they were in charge of the household
- Advertising became a billion dollar industry largely capitalizing on women's intrest in their products
- Marketing was mostly geared towards women
Fashion
- Glamour became important to women
- Thriving economy made it possible for women to buy luxuries
- Fashion for women was different from other eras
- Also changed within the 1920's multiple times
- Dresses were different from before
- lighter
- brighter
- shorter
- Hemlines moves from the ankle to just below the knee
- Waistlines were low
- Cloche hats were an iconic item in 1920's fashion
- Jewelry, scarves and shoes became necessities
Quotes
"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different." - Coco Chanel
"A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous." - Coco Chanel
"We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room. We = want an equal share in government and we mean to get it." - Bella Auzburg
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