Transcript The Twenties Woman

The Twenties Woman
How does the role of a woman
change in the 20s?
Young Women Change the Rules
• A flapper was a young woman who embraced new fashions
and the urban attitudes of the 20s
• New fashions: shorter hair, close-fitting hats, pumps, bright
waistless short-length dresses, beads & accessories
• New Attitudes: women also become more assertive, they
smoke & drink in public and talk openly about sex
• Many women were trying to break the double standard (women
held to stricter standards then men) that was set prior to the 20s
New Job Opportunities
• When men return to factories, women turned to other careers:
college educated women became teachers, nurses and librarians
• Other women went into clerical fields like file clerks, secretaries,
and telephone operators, overall earning 1/3 of what men earn
• Some like Amelia Earhardt went into less traditional professions
VQ1: Who wanted to give up on the flight, what is ironic?
VQ2: How do crowds react to Earhardt after she crosses the
Atlantic and how is she becoming a celebrity?
Women’s Employment,
1910
Questions (page 442)
Women’s Employment,
1920
Trade
Communication
Clerical
Agriculture
Manufacturing
Domestic
Professional
Trade
Communication
Clerical
Agriculture
Manufacturing
Domestic
Professional
1. Which three fields did most women work in during the 1910s?
2. Which two fields most expand for women in the 1920s, why?
3. Which fields drop in the 1920s, why?
More Control for Women
• Margaret Sanger: opens 1st birth control clinic, allowing women
gain more control over their bodies
• Modern conveniences and pre-packaged food
allow women to juggle a career & family
• Greater equality in relationships, free to date
or marry who ever you want