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Women during the Roaring Twenties
WWI's Contribution
Because most men were off fighting in the trenches during World War One, many women took their places in the workforce.
Being able to work led to women having money of their own, and with that money they were able to buy and do things they were never able to before.
Even though the war ended, women were accustomed to their new lifestyles and were not willing to give it up just because boys were back in town.
New found freedom
New Age Women
Flappers
Flapper = a fashionable young woman in the 1920s, intent on enjoying herself and disregarding conventional standards of behavior.
- Very visible proof that the lifestyle of Americans was changing
- Pushed boundaries of gender roles
- Sexual and economic freedom
- Birth control
- Distinct fashion sense
- Not very modest
- Short skirts, makeup
- Short hair
- Different lifestyle of the women before them
- Partied
- Drank
- Smoked
- Played male sports
- Drove
- Had sex
Flapper slang:
"JAZZ" = Anything exciting or fun
"I have to see a man about a dog" = going out to buy alcohol
Women's Suffrage
Suffrage = Women's fight for voting rights
- 1848: The movement for women’s rights launched on a national level with the Seneca Falls Convention
- Following the convention, the demand for the vote became a centerpiece of the women’s rights movement.
19th Amendment
Things women could not do:
- Vote
- Own money they earned
- Own property
- Get involved in politics
Things women "should" do:
- Get married
- Have children
- Teach??
19th Amendment
An Opinion to a Law
People always thought women should have the right to vote, but after the Civil War, many put getting black men's right to vote above allowing women the same.
In the mid-to-late 1800s, women started to again look at voting rights for themselves. They began to organize:
- American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA): Wanted to use the 15th Amendment to gain the right to vote
- 15th Amendment = Addressed restriction on voters based on gender and race.
- National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA): State-by-state
- National Woman's Party: Aggressive strategy.
Many women:
- Petitioned
- Protested
- Organized
August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment was amended being passed by both houses and the 36th state, Tennessee, ratified it.
Anti-suffragists
People who opposed extendind the right to vote to women.
Many were actually women!
Believed:
- Women were too high-strung, irrational, and emotional
- Women were not smart enough or educated enough
- Women should stay at home
- Women were too frail, they could not handle walking to the polling station
- Women would become masculine if they voted
Opposition to Sufferage
Important Women
Margaret Sanger: Promoted birth control and sex education for women. Created Planned Parenthood. Controversial for her eugentics beliefs.
Important Women
Zelda Fitzgerald: Embodied the "flapper" look and lifestyle. Was a conservative judge's daughter, making her lifestyle even more controversial. F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife and inspiration for his women characters, including Daisy from the Great Gatsby.
Susan B. Anthony: Though she died in 1906, her legacy and fight for women's right tremendously contributed to the passing of the 19th Amendment
Demise of Flappers
The start of the Great Depression contributed to the fall of the Flapper era.
- People were too poor to party and afford lavish clothing, makeup, etc.
Talking films also contributed to the demise of the Flapper lifestyle and celebrities