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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.