21:2 Twenties Woman
Women in the 20’s WWI + flu = live it up Asserted independence Rejected traditional values Demanded freedom
Flappers Dress Hair Assertive marriage
Double Standard Flappers-more of an image than reality Courting changed to casual dating Women caught between old and new standards
20’s work opportunities for women Post war opportunities Women’s professions Clerical workers Breaking stereotypes Inequality and Discrimination in workplace
“Best Thing Since Sliced Bread” Refers to great innovations
Changing American Families Children in school-Child Labor Laws Working women
Rebellious Adolescents AKA Pains in the Butt Strain on families More time with peers and less at home Resist parental control
21:3 Education and Popular Culture Bell Ringer pg. 653
1920’s Changes in Education “High School Movement” – Increased attendance – Vocational needs – Immigrants + literacy
1920s Mass Media Shapes American culture National Newspapers Mass circulation magazines
RADIO Powerful Live Politics Sports
Fads of the 1920’s People had time and money for leisure activities
Sports Heroes 1920’s pg. 654
1920s Movies Jazz Singer Steamboat Willie “talkies”
1920s Musicians George Gershwin
1920’s Artists Georgia O’Keeffe
1920’s Authors Sinclair Lewis F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway
21:4 Harlem Renaissance
Great Migration Push/pull factors Effect of northern cities
NAACP W.E.B. DuBois Protest racial violence Anti lynching laws
Harlem Renaissance Harlem-Capital of Black America Conditions Celebration of African American Culture
Harlem Renaissance Literary Movement Themes: pride, trials, tribulations Claude McKay Langston Hughes
Jazz Age New Orleans Ragtime and vocal blues Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Cotton Club Bessie Smith
Tin Pan Alley Songwriting and publishing companies of the early 20 th century Irving Berlin
Composer and lyricist 3000 songs White Christmas/God Bless America