The Age Of Women 's Rights

The Jazz Age was an era where everything and anything seemed possible. It started with the beginning of a new age with America coming out of World War I as the most powerful nation in the world (Novel reflections on, 2007). As a result, the nation soon faced a culture-shock of material prosperity during the 1920’s. Also known as the “roaring twenties”, it was a time where life consisted of prodigality and extravagant parties. Writing based on his personal experiences, author F. Scott Fitzgerald, distinctly conveys through The Great Gatsby the change within America’s society, class differences, and the effect of an absence of religion through the corruption of the “American Dream” during the Jazz Age.

Women have always been fighting for their rights for voting, the right to have an abortion, equal pay as men, being able to joined the armed forces just to name a few. The most notable women’s rights movement was headed in Seneca Falls, New York. The movement came to be known as the Seneca Falls convention and it was lead by women’s rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton during July 19th and 20th in 1848. Stanton created this convention in New York because of a visit from Lucretia Mott from Boston. Mott was a Quaker who was an excellent public speaker, abolitionist and social reformer. She was a proponent of women’s rights. The meeting lasted for only two days and was compiled of six sessions, which included lectures on law, humorous

The extension of women’s rights from 1877 to the mid 1970s, has changed over time along with the ideals of the different eras. From the original traditional values to those wild and free spirits that dominated the culture in the seventies, since then women and their rights have changed.

The problem is, author F. Scott Fitzgerald didn't see the Jazz Age as all about hip music and sparkly clothes. He associated the entire period with materialism ("I want things! Lots of things!") and immorality. For many of the post-World War I era's newly wealthy, materialism and immortality were the name of the game. The novel's star is Jay Gatsby, a young, rich man in

The Progressive Era was a period in American history between the 1890s and 1920s. During this time, many changes were made to help our changing society. While our nation’s industry and political power were growing, factories were unsafe and not all citizens had equal rights. During this era, women were granted more rights, including the right to vote, and the meatpacking industry became regulated and more sanitary. These changes were important among the many that occurred during the progressive era.

In the age before the Roaring Twenties, women were still repressed and followed a strict dress code. They wore long dress that came down to their toes, waists were cinched and arms and legs were covered. However, in the 1920s, new generation for women begun. Trendy young women in Western area were nicknamed the flapper. Flappers had a whole new style. They had short haircuts called bobbed hair, wore short skirts and wore heavy makeups. “The Flappers' image consisted of drastic - to some, shocking - changes in women's clothing and hair. Nearly every article of clothing was trimmed down and lightened in order to make movement easier.” (Rosenberg) Not only they had a whole new style, but they had whole new attitudes and behaviors too. Flappers drank, smoke, drove, enjoyed jazz music, and had casual sex. They were symbol of women’s freedom and liberation, as well as the symbol of change in women’s life and attitudes towards the “social norms” expected from women.

The Gilded Age caused the solution of many problems to not happen. During this time, in the late 19th century, there was extreme corruption that was not being fixed. Soon, in 1890, the rise of progressivism took place, trying to fix the problems that were made. Many different progressive era reformers focused on many different issues and tried to mend the corruption relating to that specific topic. Women’s rights was a huge problem during this time, and two specific reformers tried to solve the problem. Progressive era reformers, Alice Paul and Margaret Sanger tackled the problem of women’s rights in similar ways.

Prior to the Roaring Twenties, women were expected to perform traditional roles: cooking meals, weaving clothes, raising their children, and doing all the different chores around the house. Women had very few privileges and liberties; they were taught to live their lives very conservatively, to be modest and innocent, having high levels of morality. The figure of the woman was actually the status quo, so they were meant to be demure; they had no prerogative to anything in society. It is not erroneous to believe that females were so injuncted to live by the standards of society that new generations availed the 1920’s. The dramatic social, political, and economic changes during the 1920’s were the perfect time to hostile the quondam virtues of

This investigation has enabled me to gain a perception into some of the techniques used by certain historians, as well as to the difficult task that historians encounter when undertaking historical investigations. I feel I have developed the skill of critically and carefully analyzing sources which is essential in the study of history. In order to carry out this investigation, I read books by well-known and praised historians on the subject of women’s rights and analyzed statistical evidence.

The role of women was changing, in contrast to the typical housewife that was traditionally home with children and raising them. A big step had already been taken with allowing women to vote. The “new woman” of the 1920’s, was such a shocker to most American’s. In the Roaring Twenties, was the time to evolution to another time and experiment to new ideas, things and customs. Women felt empowered more than ever to change.

The women’s rights movement was about making equal rights for both men and women. Starting in 1848 and ending 1920, allowing women to vote. Even though women are able to vote, we still don't have full equal rights, meaning men are still superior to us women. For example, people see women as weak figures and think we need help from men. Many women  protested in order for us to have equal rights.

Every women can find something wrong with her body. Women try to change, fix, or hide what they do not like about themselves. Women express what they love about their bodies as well. Therefore the roaring twenties ideal of beauty and fashion are similar to today’s society by what women do to their bodies. According to Alan Brinkley, one of the things women did in the twenties to enhance their beauty was wear make-up. Make-up is still a big thing for women in today’s society. Another aspect women changed about themselves is their hair style. In the nineteen-twenties, women “had their hair bobbed” (Zeitz). Bobbed hair was their new style, and it made a statement for their era. Women were taking control of their beauty. In today’s society, women take control of their beauty by dying, cutting, or simply straightening or curling their hair. For women the ideals of beauty were as important in the roaring twenties as it is today. Women will do what they can to make themselves beautiful and

From the beginning, women have been the ones to stay at home, cook, clean, and raise the children; since then, women stepped out of their comfort zones and made a voice for themselves. As the skirts came up, the women came out; voicing opinions was a new norm and women’s rights was a huge item throughout the entire decade. The 19th Amendment was ratified by Congress, which granted women the right to vote. This was a huge milestone in the Women's Rights Movement.

Your place is to make the food, clean the house and take care of the children. And of course you’ll have children because that is what I, your husband, want. You must succumb to everything I want simply because I bring home all of the bacon. If you have a problem with that, then I guess you shouldn’t have been born a woman. But since you were in fact born a woman, shut up and go make me a sandwich. For many years, this was the role of women. Then, in 1848, the Women’s Rights Movement began and allowed for women to change that role to something of more importance. However, I believe that the change from that movement only piled on more things for women to be responsible for instead of giving us the same rights as men. I am hoping to show how women are still oppressed today and how culture has affected how women are viewed.

The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s, ending with the Great Depression, in which jazz music and dance became popular, mainly in the United States. Francis Scott Fitzgerald was one of the most famous authors during the Jazz Age, best known for his novel The Great Gatsby. In this novel Fitzgerald offers a variety of themes. One theme is more developed than the others which is social stratification. The Great Gatsby is rewarded as a brilliant piece of social commentary, offering a clear image of American’s life in the 1920s. By creating intelligible social classes “old money, new money, and no money” Fitzgerald sends strong messages about the Marxism running throughout every stratum of society.