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1 Annual Salary: $39,000

2 Stock Market Prices Ford Motor Company – $8.54 per share
John Deere – $ per share General Electric – $6.76 per share Coca-Cola - $49.54 per share ExxonMobil - $76.68 per share Apple - $ per share Disney - $ per share

3 1929 The “Ritz” Suit - $271.44 Silk Georgette Crepe Dress - $208.10
Kids clothes - $27.14 If you own a sewing machine, give yourself $100 credit “The Lexington” six-bedroom home – Rent: $179.57/mo. Buy: $60,643.18 Florence Home: $27,626.17 Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook: $41.76 Grocery Bill: $38.25/wk

4 1929 Electric toaster - $22.99 Electric sewing machine - $965.10
Electric razor - $67.33 Max Factor lipstick: $5.85 Fur-trimmed Jacket - $222.02 “The Broadway” hat - $46.43 Yankees win the World Series! Babe Ruth baseball card value: $13.81 Yankees win the World Series! Babe Ruth baseball card value: $13.81

5 A Clash of Values

6 The following information is presented for historical information only
The following information is presented for historical information only. In no way does it represent the ideas, values or beliefs of Mrs. Walker or Mr. Luke.

7 Changes in Society 19th Amendment More women in the workforce
Female occupations post- war: Teaching, Nursing, Telephone Operator, Secretary Women’s colleges Pre-WWI: Smart women unfit for marriage and motherhood Post-WWI: New “modern woman” was intelligent and independent Changes in Society

8 Changes to the Home and Family
Women became the “purchasing agent” of the family Availability of “convenience items” Romance and relationships Put off marriage and children longer Highly inspired by the romances in movies

9 Founded the American Birth Control League (would later become Planned Parenthood)
Inspired by mother’s hardships with pregnancy and uterine cancer Eugenicist Believed that families standard of living would improve if they limited the number of children they had Advocate of “the pill” Founded the American Birth Control League (would later become Planned Parenthood) Inspired by mother’s hardships with pregnancy and uterine cancer Eugenicist Believed that families standard of living would improve if they limited the number of children they had Advocate of “the pill” Margaret Sanger

10 What are these men protesting against?
Eugenics

11 Eugenics: Believed it was possible to improve human genes through selective breeding and sterilization Based on IQ Testing, physical traits, social mobility, and predisposition towards violence and crime. Reaffirmed the existing class and racial hierarchies 31 U.S. states passed compulsory sterilization laws. Men were sterilized to treat aggression and eliminate criminal behavior Women were sterilized to control their sexuality 60,000 nationwide from 1909 up until the 1960s Eugenics

12 The New Woman

13 The “New Woman” 1900 1920

14 The Flapper The Flapper was the epitome of the “New Woman” Young
Beautiful Thin Always ready for fun Drank Smoked Flirted with men Wore straight-waisted, short dresses Short hair Lots of makeup Compare Flapper to Vamp

15 La Vie Boehme! "Bohemian”: People who lived unconventional, usually artistic, lives. Sought to break social barriers, refuting traditional gender norms and sexual stereotypes. Greenwich Village, NYC

16 What’s wrong with this picture?

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