1. The Roaring 20s

2. The economy Roars Initially people struggled - Winnipeg
Recovery due to US investment
Buying Canadian resources (wood and metals)
Invested in Canada through Branch Plants
Before war mainly capital (cash) investments from the UK
People investing in stock market
Shown in value of $100 investments:
$150m
$500m

3. Consumerism – Buy, buy, buy!
New money meant people wanted to spend
Increased holidays for workers
Vacations
Ski resorts
New technologies all affordable for most:
Telephone
Radio
Cars

6. Music and Culture Also known as the Jazz Age Jazz symbolic of feeling
Freer, no restrictions, fun
New opportunities – dance halls, movie theatres
Some worried about Americanisation of Canada

8. Flapper Girls Developed boyish styles
Mencken's words, 'was a somewhat foolish girl, full of wild surmises and inclined to revolt against the precepts and admonitions of her elders.'"6 Flappers had both an image and an attitude.

9. Prohibition Alcohol banned during WW1 1920 – not working
Too much bootlegging and problems
Soldiers used to European attitudes
1921 – Allowed but controlled
Continued in US until 1933
Cross-border smuggling – Rum Running

10. Canadian Culture
New national pride in Canada from WW1, Versailles and afterwards
Response to Americanisation – CBC radio and HNIC
Group of 7 – Canadian landscapes
In BC, led by Emily Carr
Difference in attitude between the war years and after

13. Women WW1 saw progress – work and vote
After war women expected to return home – jobs for soldiers and also when married
If worked lower skilled and lower wages, 60% lower than men (today 24% lower)
1921 –
Nellie Clung first female provincial MLA in Alberta
Agnes MacPhail first female federal MP

14. Are Women Persons?
Progress slow – only middle class and wealthy benefitted
1916 – Emily Murphy Appointed Judge in Alberta
1917 – decision is challenged – women are not designated person under BNA
Has to be a “fit and proper person” to be a judge
Murphy wins but only for Alberta

15. The Person’s Case
Murphy applies for Senate supported by the ‘Famous Five’
Senate decides women are not persons under BNA
Can’t change – up to British Government
1929 – BNA Act changed by British Government – Women are now officially people and can become judges

16. The Roaring 20s Overview In what ways were the 20s roaring?
How does person’s case reflect:
Attitudes toward women?
Canada’s independence from Britain?