USA- Roaring 20s
Women in the 1920s
Key Words
SO THAT BY THE END OF THE LESSON...
Chaperone
Flapper
Anti-Flirt League
Conservative
Today you will learn to…
• Explain the role of women in the
1920’s and how their lives
changed
Learning Skills
Writing
Speaking
D target pupils can
Describe 3 ways in which life changed for women in the 1920’s
C target pupils can
Be able to compare a 1920’s woman with a 1910 woman
B target pupils can
Evaluate how the role of women changed during the 1920’s
Today you will learn to…
•
Explain the role of women in the 1920’s and how their lives changed
Key Words
SO THAT BY THE END OF THE LESSON...
Watch the following
clip and write down
as many things you
can that you see the
women doing
Chaperone
Flapper
Anti-Flirt League
Conservative
Learning Skills
Writing
Speaking
D target pupils can
Describe 3 ways in which life changed for women in the 1920’s
C target pupils can
Be able to compare a 1920’s woman with a 1910 woman
B target pupils can
Evaluate how the role of women changed during the 1920’s
Today you will learn to…
•
Explain the role of women in the 1920’s and how their lives changed
Women before the 1920s
SO THAT BY THE END OF THE LESSON...
• Before WW1 women in America were expected to lead
restricted lives. Few women worked.
Key Words
Chaperone
Flapper
Anti-Flirt League
Conservative
• They were expected to dress conservatively and were
expected to behave politely
Learning Skills
Writing
Speaking
D target pupils can
Describe 3 ways in which life changed for women in the 1920’s
C target pupils can
Be able to compare a 1920’s woman with a 1910 woman
B target pupils can
Evaluate how the role of women changed during the 1920’s
Today you will learn to…
•
Explain the role of women in the 1920’s and how their lives changed
Flappers
SO THAT BY THE END OF THE LESSON...
With the outbreak of war life changed for
many women, especially urban middle and
working class women
Key Words
Chaperone
Flapper
Anti-Flirt League
Conservative
• War allowed women to work as skilled
workers for the first time
• In 1920 all women could vote
• Shared liberating effect of the car
• Housework made easier by new electrical
appliances
Learning Skills
Writing
• Traditional rules of behaviour eased and
changed
• Took on jobs in new industries
Speaking
• Less likely to stay in unhappy marriages
as they could now file for divorce
D target pupils can
Describe 3 ways in which life changed for women in the 1920’s
C target pupils can
Be able to compare a 1920’s woman with a 1910 woman
B target pupils can
Evaluate how the role of women changed during the 1920’s
Women before
the 1920s
Flappers
Today you will learn to…
•
Explain the role of women in the 1920’s and how their lives changed
Opposition to the Flappers
SO THAT BY THE END OF THE LESSON...
It wasn’t all positive for women.
The Anti-Flirt league made life
difficult for flappers as they
disapproved of their behaviour.
They distributed badges and
organised speeches in response
to the actions of the Flappers.
Wages for women also remained
lower than they did for men,
equalities still existed.
“The low-cut dresses, the stockings and
short skirts are born of the devil and are
carrying the present and future
generations of this country to destruction.”
Key Words
Chaperone
Flapper
Anti-Flirt League
Conservative
Learning Skills
Writing
President of Florida University
What does this source tell you
about attitudes to women in the
1920s?
Speaking
D target pupils can
Describe 3 ways in which life changed for women in the 1920’s
C target pupils can
Be able to compare a 1920’s woman with a 1910 woman
B target pupils can
Evaluate how the role of women changed during the 1920’s
Today you will learn to…
•
Explain the role of women in the 1920’s and how their lives changed
Opposition to the Flappers
SO THAT BY THE END OF THE LESSON...
Imagine you are a member of
the Anti-Flirt League. In the
diamond 9 write down, in
order, all the things that you
would have disapproved a
young woman doing
Worst
Smoking, dancing, holding
hands without gloves, short
skirts, make up, flesh
coloured tights, unchaperoned dates,
sunbathing, working in male
industries
Key Words
Chaperone
Flapper
Anti-Flirt League
Conservative
Learning Skills
Writing
Speaking
D target pupils can
Describe 3 ways in which life changed for women in the 1920’s
C target pupils can
Be able to compare a 1920’s woman with a 1910 woman
B target pupils can
Evaluate how the role of women changed during the 1920’s
Opposition to the Flappers
It wasn’t all positive for women.
The Anti-Flirt league made life difficult
for flappers as they disapproved of their
behaviour.
They distributed badges and organised
speeches in response to the actions of the
Flappers.
Wages for women also remained lower than
they did for men, equalities still existed.
“The low-cut dresses, the stockings and
short skirts are born of the devil and are
carrying the present and future
generations of this country to destruction.”
President of Florida University