Women : The Impacts Of The Roaring Twenties

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.

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 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

In the 1920s, America began to experience a lot of modernization with the era of prohibition, lively spirited flappers, and a clash between science and religion. Just after World War I, Americans had to make the hard transition from farm life, to work in the cities. Life in the cities was very different from the small life in small towns. With many immigrants in America, city life offered Americans change socially with its tolerance with drinking, gambling and dating life. Just after World War I, prohibition to manufacture, sell, and transport alcohol took place because of the Eighteenth Amendment.

The 1920s were a time of change. The years that preceded were filled with new technology, inventions, and mass media. A new way of life was created. Although these advancements may seem beneficial to us, there were unforeseen consequences that affected the women of the 1920s and beyond. Popular culture in the 1920’s including movies, magazines, and advertisements transformed the way in which Americans viewed women. Some of these depictions liberated women, but they also constrained them.

The 1920's best known as the roaring 20's or the Jazz age, was an era of social changes and the 'Revolution in morals and manners" ( digital history: online). World War I had ended and left a sea of devastation behind. It was after we won World War I, when the women got the real taste of freedom. They started taking the jobs for men in the work force. Teenagers and young people developed a mindset that life was short and that time should be spent enjoying life . It was the era of prohibition, al capone, marathon dancers, speakeasies,and the passing of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote and the birth of the Flapper. Trade Union. The passing of the 19th amendment also gave way to different women's

A grand theme for women in the Roaring Twenties was the idea of a “new women”. Political change was seen from ratifying the 19th amendment, but what is most remembered about women in the 1920’s is the social idea of the “flappers”. Flappers were seen as a new freedom for women. They were women with a fun loving attitude who enjoyed the nightlife just like their male counterparts. They threw out the old ideas of who women should be by “defying society's expectations of proper conduct for young women” (ncpedia), and went against every societal norm by cutting their hair short, wearing short skirts, and noticeable make-up, drinking illegally, and smoking. Smoking was a big part of the twenties image because it was seen as a modern sophistication, and “women who would never tolerate the strong smells and stains of chewing tobacco or cigars began to smoke the new, and relatively clean, mild cigarettes” (ncpedia). By defying the norms of society women in the 20’s changed their appearance and status in society drastically. Bruce Bliven

The position of women, African-Americans, and Mexican-Americans was greatly influenced in American society during the 1920s. First, women were likely to engage in doing jobs and in politics. They started to be part of the public world. The Progressive Era of the early 1900s gives women the right to vote, allowing them to involve inside the political atmosphere. In addition, economic changes occurred during the 1900s opened many new professions for women. They give women the opportunity to work outside the house and use some money on their will. The number of working women increased by 25 percent. Mostly, those opportunities for women were more to have fun. Also, many electrical equipment and devices were invented to make it easy to do the household

The lifestyle of women changed drastically in the 1920s. They gained liberties in all aspects such as marriage, politics, jobs and even self expression, along with various other features. Still limited, the liberties gained outweighed the restrictions that still occurred. This gave women the freedom needed and ability to show that they were independent and could stand on their own, making their own decisions.

Even though men want women to still depend on them, the 1920's were the time of change for women. Throughout the past 100 years, men were the breadwinner of the family. While the men were working, women stayed home to clean, make sure the kids was ready for school/ activities, and cooked meals. Over time, women began to start independent. Women decided to go after their education, working for themselves, and even changed their style.(Thesis

During the roaring twenties, the most well known symbol was a young woman with bobbed hair and a really short skirt who drank a lot, and smoked. In reality though, young woman wouldn't be doing that at all, but the woman who weren't flappers eventually had the freedom to do more things, such as vote because before the 19th amendment they weren't allowed to vote. Millions of women mainly worked in a white collar job, and because of that they were able to afford to participate in the burgeoning consumer economy. Since they had allowed more woman to have birth control like the diaphragm, this made it possible for woman to have less children.

Women started to change their look. They started to wear makeup and they changed their clothing. Women wore clothing more convenient for activity and stopped wearing long skirts and corsets. An example of the change is the most familiar symbol of the Roaring Twenties; the flapper. The flapper is a young woman with bobbed hair and short skirts who drank, smoked and said “unladylike” things. (History.com). The change in style was mainly due to this icon of that decade, mostly because people wanted to adapt that style, but women of the Roaring Twenties never actually did the things that flappers were known to do. Nevertheless, some women did adopt the style, and the flapper had an effect on the women of that decade, changing the way the women acted. (History.com) Some parents encouraged their daughters to follow the new style, but some adults and many elders did not like the new style because of the revealing clothes. Younger women liked the new style, and they “displayed a defiant spirit with their nontraditional clothing styles and by flouting society’s behavioral norms; this defiance was emblematic of a basic rejection of their elders’ seriousness of purpose and

During the mid-nineteenth century, women were the ones taking the pictures instead of being included in them. Women did not matter enough to be in the picture, and the men made sure of that by paying them less in their jobs, not allowing them the custody of their children, not speaking unless spoken to, and no say-so in anything political. Men constantly reminded women they did not have the mind balance to help prevent and evaluate political affairs, and that woman do not have the “calmness of temperament" (qtd. in “Suffragette”). Henceforth, men believed that if women gained suffrage America would lose all that in which they believed and worked, socially and politically. On the contrary, women began to fight strongly for suffrage, even though they would have been beaten brutally, shunned by their families, and/or thrown into jail.

A vacuum cleaner is more than just an object that sucks things up and scares the dog. It can be considered one of the most convenient household products that were ever made. Although people may not use them as much today, they were very significant to the women in the early twentieth century.Vacuum cleaners symbolized cleanliness, the cult of domesticity, and training to be a “great housewife”. Women were pressured to live in a domestically oppressed household because of gender roles/stereotypes and the influence of patriarchy.

The 19th Amendment, passed in 1920, marked an immense leap forward with regard to the role of women in American society. The embrace of personal freedom by the “New Woman” is reflected in the 1925 novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, by Anita Loos, and the 1953 American musical comedy film adaptation by Howard Hawks. In the twenty-eight years that separated these works, however, a different vision of society - and in particular, of women - arose, and this is depicted through the presentation of female sexuality, gender dominance, and intellect, showing that the women of the 1950's were far more empowered than their 1920's sisters.