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How did women’s role change in the 1920S?

Explore the transformation of women's roles in the 1920s, from societal attitudes towards marriage and dating to their increasing participation in the workforce. Discover how women shed old roles and embraced new freedoms and challenges.

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How did women’s role change in the 1920S?

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  1. How did women’s role change in the 1920S? Al-Madinah School / 11th Grade Boys/Girls Teacher: Br. Siraj Thursday, March 8, 2018

  2. Young women’s role in change • Many Started to discard the religion of their fore fathers • Drank and made merry • Demanded same freedom as those of men • Flapper Style: • Short skirts, boyish haircuts, smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, talking openly about sex

  3. Changed Attitude towards marriage • Equal partnership • Double Standard • Prior to 1920s men courted women only if they intended to marry • In the 1920s casual dating became somewhat acceptable norms • Society however tended to give more sexual freedom to men than women. • Many women drifted between old standards and new trends • Churches and schools also protested new habits.

  4. Shedding old roles • New Role for Women at Work • More Teachers, Nurses and librarians • Clerical and office machine operators’ job • Store clerks and assembly line workers • Some became pilots, taxi drivers and oil well drillers • 10 million women were working

  5. Shedding old roles • Changes in Family Life • Birth rate dropped at a faster rate due to wider availability of birth control information • Social & technological innovations simplified household works • Stores provided ready-made clothes • Public agencies took care of elderly and disabled

  6. …… • Middle class women could now pay more attention to their homes, husband and children • Women had greater equality on marriage • Marriages were based on romantic love and companionship • Children were no longer working with adults

  7. …. • College educated women found new pressure in life • Working class women still had to suffer • Rebellious adolescents created family problems • Less parental control on the teens

  8. Homework • Questions 1 and 2 on page 649

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