1. 13.2 The Twenties Woman How did women’s lives change during the 1920s?

2. Young Women Change the Rules Because many young men witnessed the horrors of WWI, they rebelled against traditional values and wanted to enjoy life while they could Many women started demanding the same freedoms as men; the new urban culture influenced women and they adopted the flapper as their symbol A flapper was an emancipated young woman who held new independent attitudes and liked sophisticated fashions of the day

3. Continued She wore make-up, short skirts, short hair, and more jewelry than would have been popular years before She often smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol in public, and went dancing to new, exciting music Many young men and women began to see marriage as more of an equal partnership At the same time, churches and schools protested new values; the majority of women were not flappers and many felt torn between old and new values

4. Continued One result of this clash between old values and the image of the flapper was the double standard, which was a set of principles or values generally accepted by society One of these allowed men to have greater sexual freedom than women, while women still had to observe stricter standards of behavior than men did

5. Women Shed Old Roles at Home and Work Many women had gone to work outside the home during WWI, and this trend continued into the twenties, although women had to move back into ‘women’s professions’ like teaching, nursing, and social work Big business provided another role for women: clerical work, like secretaries Many women worked as salesclerks or in assembly lines By 1930, 10 million women had paid jobs outside the home

6. Continued Women did not find equality in the workplace; in the twenties, patterns of discrimination against women in the business world continued Family life changed too; families had fewer children, electrical appliances made housework easier, and many items could be bought ready- made in stores Women started to combine their roles at home and work for the first time

7. Continued In the 1920s, marriages were more often based on love than arranged by families Children were no longer part of the work force; they spent their days in school and with people their own age Peer pressure began to be an important influence on teens’ behavior, which reflected the conflict between traditional attitudes and modern ways of thinking