Women & Marriage.
Ali Lowry, Brooke Hall, Abby Panyathong,
Dallas Squires, Celine Marx
Were women supposed to smoke and drink in the
20s?
The whole goal for rebelioius women in the 20s was to
show the men that they were equal, men smoked &
drank. So did women.
Smoking was
considered a dirty habit
and smoking by women
was seriously frowned
upon by society.
Flappers
mostly did
this to
prove that
women
were equal
to men.
Later cigarettes
were advertised to
women as a sign
of modern
sophistication.
What were women exected to do during or after WW1?
"With so many men going off to
war the employment gap was so
scarce that ladies started take
there place."
"They could now do more
than just stay at home and
clean and cook they could
now work in the world"
"The Women's Royal Air Force was created, which is
where women worked on planes as mechanics. "
What did flappers look like?
The basic look of a
flapper would be:
Short hair, ear
length. short
hemlines to knee
or above. straight
shapeless dresses
covered in fringe or
beads. were often
seen with ciggerets
which were
smoked in long
holders.
Cites
Pauline Weston Thomas. "Flapper Fashion 1920s C20th
Fashion History". Fashion-Era. August 28, 2012.
<http://www.fashion-era.com/flapper_fashion_1920s.htm>
"Rebellios Flapper Fashion". Squidoo. August 27,
2012. <http://www.squidoo.com/flappergirls>.
Scholemer, Sarah. "Snapshots of History: Women and
car repair in the 20s". The History Bluff. August 5,
2012.
"Women in World War 1". TRIPOD. August 28,
2012. <women-in-war2.tripod.com>.
women in the 1920's.
FLAPPERS?
When people think
flapper, they think short
bobbed hair, stockings,
knee-length dresses,
heavy make-up, a
garter, and long beaded
necklaces (The
Flapper.., 2). Most are
found with a cigarette in
hand. They're typically
linked with rebellious
attitudes, sailor mouths,
jazz music, and free
partying. This sudden
"type" of woman began
schools, many even
their home life (Benner,
1). A lot of people
looked at woman as
less than men. They
had just been given the
right to vote. Also,
people thought married
woman shouldn't work
(Benner, 2). They were
kind of limited to being
"mill girls" and doing
housework (Women's
Rights, 6).
WOMEN WHO
WORKED IN THE 1920's
But in this decade,
women started to rise.
was a big deal. But with
the "flapper vibe" going
around, having fun was
a big thing. For the first
time, chaperones were
not attending dates.
There was much more
privacy between two
people which of course
resulted in much more
intimacy, that was
pretty much petting, or
feeling up, one another.
(Dating, Mating, and...,
p2)
MARRIAGE or DATING?
The focus in
30.com/fashion/flapper.html>
Kristen, Amy, Kristie, Richelle. "Dating, Mating
and Relating: Dating and Courtship in Modern
Society." April 2003.
<http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/reflections/Fi
nalArticles/DatingMatingandRelating.D.html>
"Woman's History in America." Woman's
International Center. 1995.
<http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htm>
Benner, Louise. "A New Woman Emerges."
NCPedia. January 2004.
<http://ncpedia.org/history/20thCentury/1920s-women>
Fass, Paula S. "Dating." Encyclopedia of Children
different from normal,
respected women?
They wanted to go against what was considered
lady-like, so they drank, smoked, and dressed
different to be more like men.
(www.linderushist.pbworks.com, par 1)
Did the number of
divorces or marriages
change in the 20's.
Marriage rates were at 99 for
every 1,000 single
women.(www.futureofchildr
en.org, par. 2.) The divorce
rate has mostly
risen.(www.futureofchildren
.org, par. 6.)
Cites
Future of Children. June 2010.
<http://futureofchildren.org/publications/jour
nals/article/index.xml?journalid=63&articleid
=408&sectionid=2781>
New Women and Flappers. May 2011.
<http://linderushist.pbworks.com/w/page/30
729910/New%20Women%20and%20Flappers
>
How were women treated in the 1920's?
During the war, women
had won the right to vote.
Even though they had the
right to vote, there was
still sexist barriers all
around. Some examples
are, the men were the only
ones who had bathroom to
change in, so the women
had to adapt to those
Women in the 1920'. August
working conditions,
30th <
therefor the women
http://historyclass.tripod.com
organized protests.
/id12.html>
Were the flappers the girls that danced?
Flappers were
the women who
wanted to rebel
against society.
Flappers wore
short skirts, they
would cut their
hair,, they would
smoke, and
drink, and this
became
Flappers. August 30th <
"normal" for the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fla
women.
pper>
Did women have rights in the 1920's?
although it may not
seem as if they had
rights they did, and
they were starting to
get more. in the 1920's,
the women gained thee
right to vote. Later on
this would lead to the
women's right
movement.
Women of the century. August 30th <
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventur
es/womenofthecentury/decadebydecade/1920s.html>
Basics of Women &
Marriage
In the 1920s women were realizing that they can
do just as much if not more than men.
with so many people disagreeing with the idea of
womens jobs and responabilites changing, many
women felt he need to take charge and prove a
point. Also, with the realization of not needing a
man to provide for them, the need to get married
decreased while the rate of dating increased.