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In the 1920s, flappers were emancipated women challenging traditional values. They embraced new fashion, short haircuts, smoking, and openly discussed taboo topics like sex. Gender dynamics shifted, with marriage becoming more of an equal partnership. Despite progress, women faced lower pay and job loss to returning soldiers. Other changes included pink-collar jobs, governors like Miriam Ferguson, and evolving family roles. Teens rebelled, and more marriages were based on romantic love. As women navigated changing social norms and roles, their impact was profound.
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Flappers Change the rules • Emancipated women who embraced new fashion • Rejected traditional values of the 19th century • Smoking cigarettes and drinking in public • Bobbed hair cuts • Short skirts and silk stockings • Talking openly about sex • New Dances like the fox trot, tango, Charleston • Marriage as an equal partnership • Double standard of code
Work Opportunities • Women lose jobs to returning soldiers • Women were paid less than men for comparable jobs • Some assembly line jobs still available • Pink Collar Jobs- secretaries, teachers, typist, operators
Other Changes for women • Ready made food and clothing • Elected governors Miriam Ferguson (Texas) • Changing roles of children spent more time at school and organized activities • Rebellious teenagers • Greater equality in marriage – more marriages based on romantic love • Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic- (the “pill” would not be developed for another 40 years)
Summary Questions • Name 3 ways that Flappers changed American gender culture. Name one way it did not. • How did women’s work life change in the 1920’s? • What was women home life like in the 1920’s?
