The Roaring 20s “The Jazz Age”

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The Roaring 20s “The Jazz Age” - 13.1 - Society in the 1920s

Many women felt more free to experiment with bolder styles and lifestyles New! 

The 1920s is a time of social change.

1920s women The “new woman” Not bound by traditional dress or behavior codes of “being a lady” Style was copy of Jazz club dancers Perpetuated by media; small minority of women were flappers Flappers favorite dance was “The Charleston”

“New morality” encouraged by media, such as novels, plays, and movies.

1920s women Working women Could be nurses or secretaries; not doctors or lawyers Paid less than men for same jobs. Why?

1920s women Voting women? In 1920: Why? Suffrage granted Only 35% voted Why? Many lacked interest Many felt that women should not vote.

Americans moving Rural / Urban split Majority of Americans now lived in cities. Split is more than geographical. Young vs. Old

Americans moving Urban growth Farmers passed over by post-WWI industrial boom 6 million migrated Blacks head to northern cities during WWI Booming industrial jobs Great Migration

Americans moving North Americans Congress limited European immigration during WWI Canadians - Northeast Mexicans – Southwest Barrios Puerto Ricans – NYC

Americans moving White flight Influx of newcomers + transportation improvements Busses replace trolleys and subways Continued growth of the suburbs

American HEROES Charles Lindbergh 1st person to fly from NYC to Paris Huge media event Symbol of traditional American values Son kidnapped & later found murdered

American HEROES Amelia Earhart 1st woman to fly across Atlantic 1st person to fly solo from hawaii to California Tried to be 1st person to fly around world Disappeared mysteriously over Pacific

American HEROES Jack Dempsey Jim Thorpe Top 5 all-time boxer Pro football player Pro baseball player Olympic gold medalist Native American

American HEROES Gertrude Ederle Olympic gold medalist (swimming) @ age 17 Symbol of “new woman” 1st woman to swim the 35-mile English Channel 14 hours, 31 minutes (2 hours faster than previous record)

Gertrude Ederle’s “ticker tape” parade down Broadway in NYC in 1926

American HEROES Babe Ruth Possibly greatest baseball player ever 714 HR lifetime 60 HR in a single season 94-46 (2.26 ERA) as a pitcher

American HEROES Our admiration for our national heroes came from our longing for “old fashioned virtues” They represented “the good old days”