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Women: Changes in
Manners and Morals
Matt Profaci

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World War I
 War prompts women’s freedom
 Volunteer work, women in army
 Women contribute to war effort

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Suffrage: A Woman’s Right to Vote
 August 18th, 1920 – women’s suffrage legally adopted in the
Nineteenth Amendment.
 Newly empowered feeling for women
 Women could now be a progressive force – how far could they
go?

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The Workforce and Political
Endeavors
 Women were now elected into the
House of Representatives
 End of the decade: 200 women in state
legislature
 Workforce included more women:
factories, mailrooms, nursing, teaching,
social workers
 Women could balance work with social
responsibilities
 Some women became lawyers and
doctors!

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New Values Expressed Through
Fashion
 The “Flapper” – the woman
having fun!
 Free spirit expressed through
clothing
 Short hair is common
 Independent, fun-loving, free-
spirited look
 Glamorized in cinema

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SEX!
 Sexual revolution: Flappers and other young women glamorize
sex, something not done before by women
 Sexual freedom – public displays of affection
 Rise of birth control
 Challenging conservative American values; tradition meant
nothing
 Miss America Pageant, Atlantic City NJ
Now that I’ve got your attention…

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Women Being Arrested for their
Skimpy Bathing Suits

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A New Frontier…
 The 1920s pioneered a new shade of women’s culture
 1920s women’s morals would raise spirits during the Great
Depression
 Not yet free from discrimination, yet voices were heard

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Works Cited
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UXL, 2006. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 21 Nov. 2010.
Routledge, Chris. "Flappers." Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop
Culture of 20th-Century America. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom
Pendergast. Detroit: Gale, 2002. 261-63. Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Web. 16 Nov. 2010.
Sheets, Deirdre. "Miss America Pageant." Dictionary of American History.
Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 3rd ed. Vol. 5. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
2003. 406. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 16 Nov. 2010.
Women In Bathing Suits Being Arrested. 1922. Photograph. Bettmann/
Corbis, Chicago. Crime and Punishment: Essential Primary Sources.
Detroit: Gale, 2006. 197-99. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 16
Nov. 2010.