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13.2 By: Anna Iouchmanov, Hae-na Jung, and Anagha Arunkumar
The Twenties Woman 13.2 By: Anna Iouchmanov, Hae-na Jung, and Anagha Arunkumar
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Zelda Sayre Wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald
broke off engagement with Fitzgerald Model for independent, unconventional, ambitious female characters
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Young Women Change the Rules
Begin to assert independence, reject previously-held values, and demand the same freedom as men
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The Flapper An emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day Became more assertive smoking drinking Attitudes toward marriage changes equal partnership
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The Flapper
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The Double Standard A set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than to women Required women to observe stricter standards of behavior than men did Some protested the new morals Traditionalists protested new casual dances and women smoking and drinking
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Women Shed Old Roles at Home and at Work
New roles for women in workplace and new trends in family life
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New Work Opportunities
Women continued to seek paid employment Became teachers, nurses, or librarians Earned less than men, never in managerial jobs Handful broke old stereotypes
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The Changing Family Social and economic changes reshaped family
Margaret Sanger - founded American Birth Control League decline in birth rates
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The Changing Family Social and technological innovations simplified labor and family life Ready-made items available in shops Freed homemakers from original responsibilities
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Marriage and Children Based more on romantic love and companionship
Children spent more time in school, not factories Teens more rebellious Socialized more with other teens Spent less time with family
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Conclusion Education and entertainment reflected the conflict between traditional attitudes and modern ways of thinking. Women gained more rights and were able to relieve themselves from some old stereotypes.
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Education and Popular Culture (13.3)
Jordan Singery
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School Enrollment 1914: about 1 million American students attended high school 1926: rose to about 4 million mostly college bound students went to high school Typewriting class in 1928
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School Taxes Taxes increased
Costs doubled from and then again by 1926 Total Cost was $2.7 billion a year for school funding
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Gertude Ederle The first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926
Was only 19 years old
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Babe Ruth Player for the New York Yankees
Record of 60 home runs in 1927 AKA the "Great Bambino"
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Charles Lindbergh made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean took off on May 20, 1927 in the Spirit of St. Louis flight lasted 33 hours and 29 minutes
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Charles A. Lindbergh Continued
America made him their idol became very famous
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"The Jazz Singer" The first major movie with sound released in 1927
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Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie"
The first animated film with sound released in 1928
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Talkies movies with sound doubled movie attendance
millions of americans going every week
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Eugene O'Neil play writer The Hairy Ape, one of his plays
forced americans to reflect on modern isolation, confusion, family conduct
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F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby
the two books showed the negative side of the period's gaiety and freedom portrayed wealthy and attractive people leading imperiled lives in gilded surroundings
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Gertude Ernest joined a group known as the Lost Generation
group moved to Paris because they were soured by American culture
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Ernest Hemingway wounded in WWI best-known expatriate author
The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms the novels criticized the glorification of war
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The Harlem Renaissance Chapter 13.4
Gwen Lindberg, Julie Choe, Natalie Miller, Brittany Burmester, and Sravanthi Chintakunta
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The Harlem Renaissance
A literary and artistic movement celebrated the history and culture of African Americans began in Harlem, in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, but spread to cities all around the United States
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Black is Beautiful Influenced the Great Migration
started the move to cities and urban areas began the formation of ghettos - where Negroes are in the majority, and where majority means power.
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NAACP Protested racial violence Made anti-lynching a priority
James Weldon Johnson
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Marcus Garvey Universal Negro Improvement League
Legacy: Black pride, Independence, and Reverence for Africa Believed in a Black Society
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UNIA Universal Negro Improvement Association
believed African-American's should form their own society support died away when founder was jailed
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Music of the HR Fletcher Henderson's Band/Orchestra Josephine Baker
Louis Armstrong Edward Kennedy Louis Armstrong
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Performers of the HR Paul Robeson Bessie Smith Florence Mills
Josephine Baker Mabel Mercer Cab Calloway famous jazz music night club located in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City which operated from 1923 to 1940
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That's a wrap! The Harlem Ren. took place in Harlem NY
"Black is Beautiful" showed that people took pride in themselves NAACP was successful during this time Marcus Garvey founded UNIA Many musicians and performers during this time
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