Flappers during the 1920’S Prior to the devastating period of The Great Depression, a new breed of rebellious young women arose. Women during the 1920’s were more aware more than ever that they should live their life in equality and freedom, rather than in a restrictive lifestyle. The so called ‘’Flappers’’ were going against the rules, challenging and refusing the traditional expectation for women and revolutionizing the fashion of 1920’s. Before the 20’s women wore long, plain dresses. Stayed home, cooked, cleaned, and were the perfect housewives. Simplicity characterized this time period. However with the appearance of Flappers things changed. The Flapper girls switched their restrictive undergarments to exposed ones and soon the
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The Flapper girls chopped their hair to chin length, which traditionally hair was worn long and natural, painted their faces with bright and bold colors, as opposed to not wearing any makeup previously, also bared their chest and shoulders, which was unorthodox for women during the 1920’. They also consumed alcoholic beverages, listened to Jazz music, smoked cigarettes, and went wild on the dance floor with men. However, beneath the vivacity was an underlying negativity about the future; the war had been mentally and physically disturbing for people, and the majority were still suffering the consequence, and didn’t think of the future as a brighter …show more content…
Affected by these images society became less conservative; In the year 1920, though more people lived in cities than towns for the first time in the history of United States( $54.3 million urban versus $1.4 million rural), (Sagert, 15). People visited clubs where they could listen to jazz, dance and have fun. With their openness to the future and tenacity for change, the flappers helped adjust the surface of society. Women were earning higher wages than they ever did in the past; “By 1920, nearly one-fourth of the workforce (23.6 percent) was female, with 8.3 million females, aged 15 and up, working outside the home “(Sagert,
The Flapper girls chopped their hair to chin length, which traditionally hair was worn long and natural, painted their faces with bright and bold colors, as opposed to not wearing any makeup previously, also bared their chest and shoulders, which was unorthodox for women during the 1920’. They also consumed alcoholic beverages, listened to Jazz music, smoked cigarettes, and went wild on the dance floor with men. However, beneath the vivacity was an underlying negativity about the future; the war had been mentally and physically disturbing for people, and the majority were still suffering the consequence, and didn’t think of the future as a brighter …show more content…
Affected by these images society became less conservative; In the year 1920, though more people lived in cities than towns for the first time in the history of United States( $54.3 million urban versus $1.4 million rural), (Sagert, 15). People visited clubs where they could listen to jazz, dance and have fun. With their openness to the future and tenacity for change, the flappers helped adjust the surface of society. Women were earning higher wages than they ever did in the past; “By 1920, nearly one-fourth of the workforce (23.6 percent) was female, with 8.3 million females, aged 15 and up, working outside the home “(Sagert,