1. The Twenties Woman New Lifestyles, New Jobs, New Roles

2. The Flapper A young woman who embraced new fashions and urban attitudes of the 20s ● more assertive Equality between the sexes? Double Standard Double Standard: societal rules that grant greater sexual freedom to men than women

3. New Job OpportunitiesOpportunities -- Female college graduates = professionals ● Men come home from WWI and go back to the factories -- HS Grads = office workers -- “Daredevils” = aviatrix (female pilot), taxi drivers, oil well drillers!

4. The Changing Family Margaret SangerMargaret Sanger: opens 1 st birth control clinic –Women gain more control over their bodies ● Greater equality in their marriages love -- marry for love, not just for money rebel ● Teens rebel against parents -- peer-pressure

6. Your Assignment You are to first write an acrostic poem about flappers and rewrite it somewhere in the flapper’s head Fill in the rest of her head w/ words, ideas, pictures that represent her and/or the changing role of women Please be COLORFUL, thoughtful, and neat! DUE Wednesday!!!

7. Women’s Employment, 1910 Women’s Employment, 1920 Women’s Employment, 1930 Women’s Employment, 2007