Gibson Girl versus Flapper Girl During the roaring twenty’s a new type of women arose, a women who rebelled against society’s standards for women, the Flapper Girl. The new Flapper Girl shocked society by setting a new type of women beauty that expressed their independence just like men. Meanwhile the Gibson Girl was the ideal figurehead for female beauty, they were often shown as fragile and vulnerable. Flapper Girls astonished the world by pushing the limits of the average Gibson Girl setting new limits that were never foreseen before for women. Before the Flapper Girl there was a more traditional women, the Gibson Girl who were seen as fragile ladies who relied on men to care for them. They often used corsets to obtain a hourglass …show more content…
Many women enjoyed working, some of them continued to work after the war to pay for new labor saving devices such as the washing machine and vacuum. These women were also out of the house more and took leisure in dancing, smoking, drinking and other activates that use to be restricted to men only. Flapper Girls changed how society viewed women, they were now seen as more independent women who were not reliant on others, they even demanded the same rights as men such as the right to vote. The roaring twenty’s completely changed how society viewed women, they were now independent and had many of the same rights men had. Gibson Girls were now a thing of the past; the new Flapper Girls took the country by storm allowing women to be more self-reliant. Women no longer stayed at home all day, they could now decide for themselves and what they wanted to do with their lives. This allowed many women to get jobs and earn a living for themselves. No longer did women have to live up to the standards of men, being a Flapper Girl allowed women to be treated equally. Women could now vote and obtain jobs that were once only available to men. In conclusion the roaring twenty’s opened new opportunities for women that they had never had before. The Flapper Girl era allowed women to be more independent. Women could now vote, get the same jobs as men, wear clothing that
The 1920s was the era of the Flapper. Young women started to cut their hair, shorten their skirts, so that they could more easily dance the wild, flapping dances of the age (hence the term 'flapper'). They drank and smoked and wore makeup, and went out with boys without a chaperone. They played sports, golf, tennis, and swimming were all very popular. Sunbathing became popular with women for the first time.
Lucy Burnhams 15 April 2015 APUSH 1B 1920’s DBQ The 1920’s was a time of riches and brought a new age of commercialization to the United States. Traditional views clashed against the modern views the twenties inherited and therefore caused tensions between new and old ideas. The 1920’s tensions lied under religious, social, and political issues that sparked reform and advanced technology.
The roaring ‘20s was an age of very many economic changes throughout America creating more jobs and more opportunities for the people. A huge economic change was that more American families
The Gibson Girls image was very feminine. They were tall, slender, and wore corsets to accentuate their hips and breasts. They had thin necks and wore their hair in loose curls piled on top of their head. Gibson Girls did not
The rule that women had to stay in the house and have to care for house and children went out the door. A lot of women decided they wanted equality in their relationship with their husbands. Women fought for their right to vote with the and received that right with he 19th amendment. The were able to vote for state offices and local offices. The economic boom produced more jobs for women’s which allowed them to feel like they were equal to their husbands. Women even started gong to college and getting a better education and straying away from the old way of staying in the house and doing housework. The 20’s introduced the Flapper which is a young women who defied tradition and dressing a certain way and behaving a certain way to becoming independent and having more freedom. Flappers would smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, dance at nightclubs, wear makeup, and wear short dresses that were seen as
People did not like the flappers dresses. They "emphatically rejected the style beginning in the 1920s because it did not show the curves of the female body." Their dress was a "boxy shape that hung straight from the shoulders and fell in an unbroken line just below the knees." This type of dress "looked best on flat-chested, small-hipped androgyne who has come to typify the freewheeling, emancipated, working 'Mew Woman ' of the world." Women were "no longer constrained by corsets and long skirts, nor by the discomfort and time it took to dress oneself in such styles." Their dresses had a "loose cut and shirt hemline [which] allowed women unprecedented freedom of movement." Their freedom of movement allowed them more room to dance up closely to men and change the thoughts on women. (Makela)
Society changed a lot in the twenties. The way women were seen was much different than in the past. Flappers were young women with bobbed hair that smoked, drank and said unladylike things. Flappers are now considered the first generation of independent
The Roaring Twenties also know as a new era which was a great time for a revolution.We think of this “New Era” as a freedom for women. Now women were “breaking down the spheres of Victorian values (Zeitz). ” In 1920, the powerful women 's rights movement gave the women right to vote after so many years. Now they started to become more independent and had less restriction put into them.This time period gave rise to the flapper girls who smoke, drank, and had sex as they pleased.Many women became rebels, where they started to wear short dresses and tight bathing suits which exposed their skin, and put makeup on. All these actions taken were considered immoral and disrespectful. The early 20th century was a battle between modernism and
At that time, the American women changes in physical, emotional such as more fashionable, educated, courage and operated with men. According to the document 4, it compared with the women in the 1890’s who wore like a house helper needed to tie back their long hair and stayed home all day with doing the housework, cooked for their husbands however the women in the 1920’s who smoked, drank, danced and voted. Moreover they cut their hair, wore make-up and went to petting parties. Therefore we can called the 1920’s women as a flapper also known as younger generation of new women. Although the women got the right to vote, there was a feminists issues in the 1920’s which would outlaw discrimination based on sex.
A flapper’s daily routine is going to a jazz club or a burlesque and even speakeasies. In society flappers were being looked upon as defying their gender roles which were traditional, commitment to being religious, and commitment to hard work and also modesty. Flappers thought that they were making a difference because they were called “New Women”.
The Roaring Twenties also know as a new era which was a great time for a revolution.We think of this “New Era” as a freedom for women. Now women were “breaking down the spheres of Victorian values (Zeitz). ” In 1920, the powerful women's rights movement gave the women right to vote after so many years. Now they started to become more independent and had less restriction put into them.This time period gave rise to the flapper girls who smoke, drank, and had sex as they pleased.Many women became rebels, where they started to wear short dresses and tight bathing suits which exposed their skin, and put makeup on. All these actions taken were considered immoral and disrespectful. The early 20th century was a battle between modernism and
The 1920s was a very special time for woman. Women started standing for up for themselves and making points to men that women can do just the same as them, and that women should be equal to men and have the same rights. That’s where flappers came from. Flappers were basically woman who stood out and did what they wanted. Women's rights were changed drastically because of flappers, now women are more equal to men. Flappers had a large impact on the American culture going from woman’s right, music and their fashion.
Louise Brooks, a silent movie star, was an idol of the flappers, and their prototype for offending older generations and pushing the bounds of acceptable female behavior. She led an exuberant social life, hanging in a social circle that included George Gershwin, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and other authors such as Benchley, Mencken, and Anita Loos. Louise Brooks epitomized the flapper culture and could be described as “flamboyant”, or “ambivalent”, yet always with an uneasy sense of pessimistic depression underneath it all.
The Roaring Twenties were a time of prosperity and luxury for almost all Canadian citizens, it was a time where Canada changed saw the birth of many new technologies and the birth of a new culture. Roaring in the sense of the Roaring Twenties means that things were fun, new, exciting, and that people were having fun. The Roaring Twenties were truly a roaring decade in Canadian history, this was due to the post war economic boom in Canada which lead to people having more freedoms, and money to do what they wished with. People were also starting to invest more in luxuries helping businesses and keeping the economy running smoothly. The Roaring Twenties also gave rise to flappers. Flappers were normal girls that decided to dress in a new style
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.