Society in the 1920’s

1. Society in the 1920’s Done by: Mandy G. Heidi V.

2. Introduction 1920’s stand out as a time of rapid change in American society. Late 1800’s, industrialization and immigration transformed the US into urban culture. Flapper- term to describe a new type of young women. Older Americans had more traditional views of how young girls are to behave in public. Not all young women became flappers, but had questioned traditional views.

3. The Flapper Image 1920: the Nineteenth Amendment was adopted, women could vote. Flapper represented only a small number of American Women Stylish young women wore dresses shorter than their mother’s Between 1913 and 1928, the average of fabric was shrunk from 19.5 yards to 7 yards. The young women’s hair was either bobbed or short-cut. Wore heavy makeup to show appearance. 1920’s, “proper women” rarely drank and smoked less. At the end of the decade they were doing this more often.

4. Women Working and Voting Some of the women adopted to this new style of fashion. Convenience was an issue for young working women, spend lesser time to hairstyling and wardrobe. 1920’s, 15% of wage earning women became professionals and about 20% held clerical positions. Single white women were increased from 23% to 29% Businesses remained prejudiced against women seeking professional posts. Many hospitals refused to hire females as doctors and many legal firms rejected female lawyers or offered them secretarial jobs.

5. Continued As of 1920, women could vote in all elections. Bloc: a special-interest group Many women voted along the same lines as men, though few of the women voted. Only 35% of women voters went to the polls in 1920. In 1923, a survey asked women in Chicago why they did not want to vote in the mayoral election. A third of the women said they had a lack of interest Eleven percent said that they did not think women should vote at all.

6. As the Nineteenth Amendment was adopted, the alliance that worked for suffrage split, weakened its ability to push bills through Congress the Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921, the first major federal welfare for women’s and children’s health. Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in Congress for the first time in 1923. Jennette Rankin (from Montana) won the election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916, becoming the first women to serve in either house of Congress. By 1928, there were 145 women in 38 state legislatures. Women laAy a foundation for future participation in governement.

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8. The End (^_^) Images from Information was from the American History 1 book