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The Twenties WomanThe 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
• Women’s fashion includes shorter hair, close-fitting hats, bright waistless dresses above the knee, beads, pumps and accessories• Women also become more assertive, smoke & drink in public and talk openly about sex
• Why? Women were trying to break the double standard 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
• Some like Amelia Earhardt went into less traditional professions
• Other women went into clerical fields like file clerks, secretaries, and telephone operators, overall earning much less then men
VQ1: What does Earhardt say about giving up on the flight and how do crowds react to Earhardt after she crosses the Atlantic?VQ2: Explain how Earhardt is becoming a celebrity.
Changing Roles
• Margaret Sanger: opens 1st birth control clinic, allowing women gain more control over their bodies
• Women have greater equality in their marriages, marry for love, not just for money
• Modern conveniences and pre-packaged food allow women to juggle a career & family
• Younger women date more freely, go out without a being escorted by a man
Women’s Employment, 1910
Trans. &Comm.
Trade
Clerical
Agriculture
Manu. & Mech.
Domestic
Professional
Trans. &Comm.
Trade
Clerical
Agriculture
Manu. & Mech.
Domestic
Professional
Women’s Employment, 1920
Trans. &Comm.
Trade
Clerical
Agriculture
Manu. & Mech.
Domestic
Professional
Women’s Employment, 2010
Questions:
1. What three fields did most women work in prior to WW I?
2. Which two fields expand for women in the 1920s?
3. What three fields do most women work in today?
Dom, Manu, Agricul
Clerical, Professional
Prof, Cler, Trans/Comm