WOMEN IN THE 20'S

The changing role of women was a result of the work they did during the war.
The number of working women increased by 25 per cent.
In 1920, all women were given the right to vote.
'Flappers' smoked in public, danced the new dances, and were sexually liberated.
Women wore clothing more convenient for activity and stopped wearing long skirts and corsets.
But most women were still housewives and were not as free as their male counterparts.

The 1920's Flapper

-a young woman with bobbed hair and short skirts who drank, smoked and said what might be termed “unladylike” things, in addition to being more sexually “free”.

By night, flappers engaged in the active city nightlife and frequently attended jazz clubs and vaudeville shows. Speakeasies were a common destination, as the new woman of the twenties adopted the same carefree attitude toward prohibition as her male counterpart.

The flapper had an unmistakable look. As young women cut their hair to shoulder length, hemlines of dresses rose dramatically to the knee. The cosmetics industry expanded as women used make-up in large numbers. this sense of fashion was almost a declaration of women independence.

THE ROARIN' 20's

WOMEN IN THE 20'S

The changing role of women was a result of the work they did during the war.

The number of working women increased by 25 per cent.

In 1920, all women were given the right to vote.

'Flappers' smoked in public, danced the new dances, and were sexually liberated.

Women wore clothing more convenient for activity and stopped wearing long skirts and corsets.

But most women were still housewives and were not as free as their male counterparts.

The 1920's Flapper

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