Women

By: Brandon Golub, Ryan Jensen, Shane McNulty and Jared Letwat

Essential Question
What was a woman's life like in the 1920s and how did it
change through the decade?

The Change
Womens fashions in the early 1920's has some dramatic changes after the end of
WWI, it is know as as the "Roaring 20's" Such changes are flappers, the 19th
amendment, and much more.

Fashion For Women

Flappers
After WWI flappers fashion changed they cut their hair and showed their legs and
arms which they normally would not do in the 1920s. They created a new dance called
Jazz and it was more upbeat and fast here is a quick clip , Flappers often smoked and
drank too, something that would easily draw attention back then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yACHt 4j0

Hair and Hats

Women cut their hair and wore hats because long hair was considered feminine and
short hair was not. They did this because yet again they wanted freedom. People
believe that a girl walked into a store and acted like her husband and asked to get it
done like he normally did so that it would be short, some people do believe that this
is how it started.

Why?
Clothing changed with womens changing roles in modern society, particularly
with the idea of freedom for women., they wanted to vote, they wanted rights ,they
wanted to work and have a job, and not just clean and cook like they did before.

JOBS

At the beginning of the 1920s, women's jobs were mostly at home or were a small paid
work job. Also many women who were married didnt work or couldnt(in the 1920s
married women couldnt hold government jobs)
Some jobs they had were caretakers, cooks, servants, spousal helpers, nannies, maids,
tailors, midwives, clothes ironers, growing crops, and tending livestock,
Many corporate offices sprang up, creating new jobs like Typists, filing clerks,
stenographers, and even some secretarial jobs which was an improvement but there was
little opportunity for advancement
department stores hired women in large numbers, with skill and intelligence they could
work their way up to being designers or buyers

Entertainment
The girls at the time who would drive automobiles, go to clubs, drink, or basically do
anything girls wouldnt normally be doing back then were known as flappers.
Girls were often in jazz bands. It was almost uncommon to not have a girl/flapper in a
jazz band.
At the time, Betty Boop was one of the most popular cartoons which featured a young
female flapper.
The Miss America Pageant started in 1921. At the time,
the beauty pageant was a contest which Flappers would partake in

The 19th Amendment

On January 4, 1919, The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. Before the
amendment, married women couldnt have their own land and were not supposed to
indulge in politics. This all changed after the 19th amendment.

Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, in 1820 in Adams Massachusetts. Anthony
was tireless in her efforts, giving speeches around the country to convince others to
support a womans right to vote. She even took matters into her own hands in 1872
when she voted in the presidential election illegally. When Anthony died on March 13,
1906, women still did not have the right to vote. It wasnt until 1920, 14 years after her
death, that the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving all adult women the
right to vote, was passed. In recognition of her dedication and hard work.

Links (Delete page when finished)

http://www.1920-30.com/fashion/
https://womenof1920s.wikispaces.com/Women+at+Workhttp://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/suffrage/history2.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-passes-the-19th-amendment
https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/working-voting-women-1920s/

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