1920s Social Issues

The 1920s was a decade of many inventions after WWI when soldiers had returned home. People were able to enjoy themselves more from making more money and new technologies. This era was also a time where medicine advanced more, due to that less people were getting sick and more people were staying healthy. This decade of change allowed many Americans to own new technologies and different inventions they never had or thought about before.

The 1920s was nicknamed the “Roaring Twenties” because every action had a voice. Every event or amendment was supported by some type of individual or group. Certain individuals made opportunity for American citizens, such as Henry Ford. Because of business leaders like him, Americans once confined to their city of work, can now live miles away. This era was full of trial and error. Trial and error can be supported by the fact that a new amendment repealed a past amendment. America was shaped politically by Congress, stereotypes, and mass production. The 1920s wouldn’t be the same without the leading automobile industry, “New Women”, and the Eighteenth Amendment.

The growing corporations in America dominated most of the economy, creating a large gap between the rich and the poor. During this time period food, lightening, and fuel prices declined significantly, and the cost of living

Women’s rights were not always a part of society as it may seem in today’s world. Suffrage can date all the way back to 1776. Women had to fight for their rights and privileges, hard and for many years. In the late 1800’s women were seen as much less than a male and had no voice. Women were arrested, prosecuted and put down for wanting more freedom and power for their gender. As you see in many suffrage ads, women were desperate and wanted so badly the same equality as men. A few women in particular stood up for what they believed was right and fought hard. Although it took far too long and over 100 years, in 1920 women were finally given the opportunity to share the same voting rights as men. History had been made.

Did you know that women in the United States did not have the right to vote until the year 1920? Exactly 144 years after the United States was granted freedom from Great Britain. The women’s suffrage movement, however, did not actually start until 1848, and lasted up until they were granted the right to vote in 1920. Women all over the country were fighting for their right to vote in hopes of bettering their lives. The women’s suffrage movement was a long fought process by many people all over the world, over all different races, religions, even gender. (Cooney 1)

Women’s rights is apparent in the fight for suffrage in the late 1800’s-early 1900’s . It can

The battle for suffrage was a long and slow process. Many women tried to initiate the fight for suffrage, like Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. “These were the New Suffragists: women who were better educated, more career-oriented, younger, less apt to be married and more cosmopolitan than their previous generation.” (pg 17) Eventually, in 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified; allowing women to vote, but it was not any one person or event that achieved this great feat. It was the confluence of certain necessary factors, the picketing and parades led by Alice Paul, militaristic suffrage parties and the influence of the media that caused the suffrage amendment to be passed and ratified in 1920. But most importantly, they successfully moved both

Before 1920 women did not have the right to vote. They were known as “second class citizens”. Women were to stay home to help and organize the family’s necessities. Having any

The ups and downs of the 1920’s and the fight for women's right to vote have changed America overtime. Following the United State’s victory in World War 1 but the good times didn’t last long. The early 1930’s the United States experienced disasters. One example is rebellion and suffrage. Women were happy of the ratification of the nineteenth amendment.

The 1920s was a time of prosperity and new ideas that challenged the social norm and began the movement into modernism that we know of today. The economy was still coming off of the First World War and tax policies were creating an economic boom with the increase of discretionary income. The United States was in a scary position on what to do after coming home from such a brutal war that was going to end all wars. The young generation brought out the best in people and challenged the intellect of many bright minds that had the solid traditionalist views with the new fast paced modernistic thoughts. The 1920s were a time of growth and led the United States and the modern views came quick and made a lasting impact.

The 1920s were an age of dramatic social and political change. Women began to take on a variety of different roles after the first world war, both in the home and in the workplace. The number of working women increased by 25 percent. Many women wanted to show that they could do the job just as well as men. Their war experiences gave many the desire for more working opportunities. Women had also been given the right to vote in 1920. These new found economic and political freedoms led to more liberated ideas about sex, appearance, and consumerism.

The 1920s or The roaring twenties were an era of social and political change. The dramatic change were a lot such many Americans lived in cities rather on farm , the country wealth doubled between 1920 and 1929. After the World War one in 1918 , american had a massive economic boost with plenty of job with new manufacturing plants and built things aside from airplane engine but household item such has TV , cars, refrigerator , radio , and washing machine . Car was not necessary but a luxury for the super-rich, which helped the cities into their “modern incarnations” according to Heather whipps.

Up until the 1920s, women’s struggle for their right to vote seemed to be a futile one. They had been fighting for their suffrage for a long time, starting numerous women's rights movements and abolitionist activists groups to achieve their goal. “The campaign for women’s suffrage began in earnest in the decades before the Civil War. During the 1820s and 30s, most states had enfranchised almost all white males (“The Fight for Women's Suffrage” ). This sparked women to play a more emphatic role in society. They began to participate in anti-slavery organizations, religious movements, and even meetings where they discussed that when the Constitution states "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain

The 1920’s brought about more than prosperity; it brought about freedom for women at last. Women were finally able to advance in society, and the steps that they took in the 1920’s

During the Roaring Twenties, economic and social changes were provoked by both the people of the nation, as well as the previous emanation; World War I. The effects of WWI were not merely concluded when the Treaty Of Versailles was signed. The impacts of the war continued to surge through the country throughout the 1920’s; impacting the life of African American, women, and returning soldiers. The end of WWI lead to defining outcomes such as Harlem Renaissance, Women’s Equal Rights, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Great Depression.