Warm Up Create a short scenario with someone at your table using at least four of the following “hip” terms of the 1920’s: Crush: to like someone Keen: cool Scram: to leave quickly Ritzy: fancy Screwy: weird Bee’s knee’s: cool Gatecrasher: to attend without paying

1920’s Women Main Idea: Women began to assert independence, reject traditional values and demand civil rights during the carefree nature of the 1920’s.

Flappers Flappers were young women rebelling against traditional values They wore trendy clothes such as above the knee skirts and cut their in short bob’s and dyed it black This rebelled against the traditional long hair and long skirts

Clashes with the Flappers Flappers accepted the idea of dating causally Different than traditional courting for marriage Churches and schools protested the new ways Double standard was created Men were allowed sexual freedom but women were not

Warm Up How can you tell this woman is a flapper?

Work Changes New opportunities formed for women Women worked during WWI but lost the jobs after the men returned They found “women’s work” jobs instead Women were not treated equally in the workforce They were paid less and could not reach manager level

Changing Family The birth rate declined in the 1920’s Margaret Sanger created birth control Life was easier for the house wife due to mass production Clothes, sliced bread, and canned foods were all purchasable Marriage became more focused on love and companionship Used to be out of necessity