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21:2 Twenties Woman

21:2 Twenties Woman. Women in the 20’s. WWI + flu = live it up Asserted independence Rejected traditional values Demanded freedom. Flappers. Dress Hair Assertive marriage. Masculine women, Feminine men Which is the rooster, which is the hen?

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21:2 Twenties Woman

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  1. 21:2 Twenties Woman

  2. Women in the 20’s • WWI + flu = live it up • Asserted independence • Rejected traditional values • Demanded freedom

  3. Flappers • Dress • Hair • Assertive • marriage

  4. Masculine women, Feminine men Which is the rooster, which is the hen? It's hard to tell 'em apart today! And, say! Sister is busy learning to shave, Brother just loves his permanent wave, It's hard to tell 'em apart today! Hey, hey! Girls were girls and boys were boys when I was a tot, Now we don't know who is who, or even what's what! Knickers and trousers, baggy and wide, Nobody knows who's walking inside, Those masculine women and feminine men![17] Alternative lifestyles received a limited level of acceptance in the 1920s

  5. Double Standard • Flappers-more of an image than reality • Courting changed to casual dating • Women caught between old and new standards

  6. 20’s work opportunities for women • Post war opportunities • Women’s professions • Clerical workers • Breaking stereotypes • Inequality and Discrimination in workplace

  7. Changing American Families • 1921 American Birth Control League • Innovations free homemakers from traditional family responsibilities

  8. “Best Thing Since Sliced Bread” • Refers to great innovations

  9. Changing American Families • Children in school-Child Labor Laws • Working women

  10. Rebellious Adolescents AKA Pains in the Butt • Strain on families • More time with peers and less at home • Resist parental control

  11. 21:3 Education and Popular CultureBell Ringerpg. 653

  12. 1920’s Changes in Education • “High School Movement” • Increased attendance • Vocational needs • Immigrants + literacy

  13. 1920s Mass Media • Shapes American culture • National Newspapers • Mass circulation magazines

  14. RADIO • Powerful • Live • Politics • Sports

  15. Fads of the 1920’s • People had time and money for leisure activities

  16. Sports Heroes 1920’s pg. 654

  17. 1920s Movies • Jazz Singer • Steamboat Willie • “talkies”

  18. 1920s Musicians • George Gershwin

  19. 1920’s Artists • Georgia O’Keeffe

  20. 1920’s Authors • Sinclair Lewis • F. Scott Fitzgerald • Ernest Hemingway

  21. 21:4 Harlem Renaissance

  22. Great Migration • Push/pull factors • Effect of northern cities

  23. NAACP • W.E.B. DuBois • Protest racial violence • Anti lynching laws

  24. Universal Negro Improvement Association • Marcus Garvey • Separate society • Promoted African American businesses • Return to Africa movment • Legacy: pride, economic independence, reverence for Africa

  25. Harlem Renaissance • Harlem-Capital of Black America • Conditions • Celebration of African American Culture

  26. Harlem RenaissanceLiterary Movement • Themes: pride, trials, tribulations • Claude McKay • Langston Hughes

  27. Jazz Age • New Orleans • Ragtime and vocal blues • Louis Armstrong • Duke Ellington • Cotton Club • Bessie Smith

  28. Tin Pan Alley • Songwriting and publishing companies of the early 20th century • Irving Berlin

  29. Irving Berlin • Composer and lyricist • 3000 songs • White Christmas/God Bless America

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