 “ A Flapper is one with a jitney body and a limousine mind.” › July 1922 edition of Flapper MagazineFlapper Magazine › “not for old foggies”  Appearance s: bobbed hair, short skirts, bright colors, high healed shoes, makeup  Behaviors : drove cars, flirted, danced, socialized with men for fun/not marriage purposes, drink, smoke, “pet”

 semi-flapper; the flapper; the super- flapper  Do you think the semi-flapper agreed with the behavior of the super-flapper?

 northern, urban, single, young, middle-class women.  Many held steady jobs in the changing American economy › Telephone operators › Sales clerks › Typists  chose activities to please themselves, not a father or husband  Tried to fight the “ double standard ”

 Silent film star  “epitomized flaming youth – the girl who lived by her heart, not her head”  Made $5,000/week- highest paid female actress

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 viewed disdainfully by an older generation as “wild, boisterous and disgraceful.”  Trying to be like men  Hurt wages for men & in careers not suited for them  criticized for lack of activism › Suffragists of the previous generation

 Concept of a “woman’s place” expanded  Women wore clothing more convenient for activity and stopped wearing long skirts and corsets.  Women had more time because of modern technology  The number of working women increased by 25 per cent. › 15% of white & 30% of black married women worked  Divorce was made easier and the number of divorces doubled - women were not content just to stay at home and put up with bad husbands.  Not all women were flappers, many criticized this “new woman”  Most married women were still housewives and were not as free as their men.  Only 15% white married women worked outside home; 30% African American  Most working women were poorly paid and were employed in roles such as cleaners or waitresses.

DocumentSummaryWhat it reveals about attitudes toward women in the 1920s Part 1 Flapper Part 2 Flapper New Freedom and the Girls – Plus Pic The New Woman Catholic Crusade – Plus Pic

DocumentSummaryWhat it reveals about attitudes toward women in the 1920s Part 1 Flapper (both) different types of flappers – bobbed hear, powder nose, bright clothing, shoes, skirts DO NOT smoke, drink, wear rouge, pet – DIFFERENT TYPES: super, flapper & semi overlook our shortcomings (parents) – requires intelligence to be a flapper blame war & prohibition for our behavior – Never talk to us about it! Remember how hard teen years were? We actually more developed than you! We have the universe at our finger tips (new inventions) – give us confidence not distrust Part 2 Flapper War impacted our faith – times made us older and more experienced than you let us put our knowledge to use – work with us! Need help but no one to turn to but other youth because you constantly criticize us! Deserve to be in a profession/life that suits us – otherwise living a tragedy Be young with your kids, undestand them, talk to them New Freedom and the Girls – Plus Pic New clothing great for women – less cumbersome – however leading to male riots! Women in NY wearing short sleeved before other areas bathsuits are one pieces! Doctors and women and admires think this is good – only people with issue are catholic church and textile industry! Shows reform happened to better women not befcause of laws but in spit of police and politics! The New Woman Women abusing their new voting & educational “equality” – trying to become like men marriage no longer chief goal – even though that best suits personality traits going into professions too “nervous” to handle – also hurts wages for men brainpower and energy different from men’s keep to caring kids and women’s health man’s mate/completion NOT competitor Catholic Crusade – Plus Pic the 700,000 members to modesty in attire women should be more covered up and trying to go to gov to stop immodesty of dress!