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1920’s

1920’s. The Roaring Twenties. Women in the 1920’s. Nellie Taylor Ross – 1 st Female Governor, Wyoming 1924 Miriam Ferguson – 2 nd , Texas. Women in the 1920’s. They voted like their husbands or fathers Entered the workforce in 1920’s in largest numbers

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1920’s

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  1. 1920’s The Roaring Twenties

  2. Women in the 1920’s • Nellie Taylor Ross – 1st Female Governor, Wyoming 1924 • Miriam Ferguson – 2nd , Texas

  3. Women in the 1920’s • They voted like their husbands or fathers • Entered the workforce in 1920’s in largest numbers • Worked as nurses, teachers, domestic servants – lowest paid jobs

  4. Flappers Cut hair raised skirts, used make-up, smoked, drank, went to clubs, and were seen as independent

  5. Urbanization • A shift and movement from the country to the city

  6. Automobiles What was their role?

  7. Education Required schooling led to a decrease of child labor, immigrants learned English

  8. KKK • New members were farmers, workers or small business owners • Peak membership was in mid 1920 in the millions – declined in the late 1920’s

  9. Scopes Monkey Trial • Fundamentalism – literal interpretations of the Bible • Tennessee – passed a law made teaching Evolution illegal • John Scopes arrested for teaching evolution • Found guilty – fined $100 • Overturned in 1960’s • Was this constitutional?

  10. Women’s Christian Temperance Union • Fought to outlaw alcohol • 18th Amendment made it illegal to manufacture, transport, or sell alcohol in U.S. • It was not illegal to drink alcohol

  11. Did prohibition work? • It DID reduce the amount of alcohol consumed • Enforcing it was almost impossible • Smuggled it from Canada and Mexicobootleggers. • A doctor could prescribe alcohol

  12. Mobsters and organized Crime

  13. Al Capone • Chicago crime boss • Bootlegger • Owned speakeasies • Bought off police • Organized crime increased during prohibition

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