1. Women of the Twenties

2. Women and Their Changing Roles Women‘s Suffrage Flappers and Vamps Working Women The Double Standard

3. Women’s Suffrage The 19 th Amendment gave women the right to vote 1920 72 years after the Seneca Falls convention of 1848 A convention where women demanded the right to vote! The National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) fought for women’s suffrage by organizing a large base of support. By 1912, many western states had given women suffrage. http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=SeOHPfsCtFo\ http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=SeOHPfsCtFo\

4. A Social Revolution: Flappers and Vamps An 1920s urban women who embraced new fashions and urban attitudes. An image of rebellious youth. They wore close fitting, felt hats; bright, waistless dresses an inch above the knees; skin tones silk stockings; sleek pumps; strings of beads and bracelets. They wore short hair, died black and “kissproof” lipstick. They became more assertive, they smoked cigarettes and drank in public. They danced the fox trot, camel walk, tango, lindy hop, and shimmy. Young women began to even play golf.

5. Working Women The trend of women working during WWI continued into the 1920s. The number of women teachers, nurses, librarians and social workers rose. Even as a result of these gains, women were still not in bosses or managers.

6. The Double-Standard Many traditionalists were against this new liberalization of women. Women were held to a different standard than men when it came to sexual behavior. Is this still true today? http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=NBtBFiaJ UY4 http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=NBtBFiaJ UY4

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