A new wave rolled into America in 1920, it brought change and excitement. This wave remodeled “the American woman”, beginning the shape of American women for years to come. After World War I, society saw just how useful women are and how much society needs women. The 1920s allowed women to join society, gain an education, and became more independent. Women had been demanding equality for years, and this was the year everything changed. Women today are very prominent in society, but they were not always. The progressive era brought a new light to women. Women became needed when the men went off to fight in WWI; they took over factory jobs and helped build things the men needed overseas, all while they were fighting for women’s suffrage.
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“The strong independent, and accomplished “new woman”, who entered the American scene at the turn of the twentieth century, gained further character with the passage of the suffrage amendment in 1920” (Baughman). With newfound freedom for women they found new ways to become prominent in the world outside of being a housewife. Their confidence and freedom allowed them to go to movies, dances, and sports events without being weighed down by their husbands. Women did not have the option of birth control in the 1920s, so they ended up having way more kids than what they wanted. The men did not care how many kids they had, because they thought that is what their wives were for. Even though the wives took care of the kids, nine times out of ten in a custody battle, the men got the children.
Suffrage brought the option for women to have birth control. The men could not decide for them anymore on how many children they would have. “No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother” (Sanger). Nowadays women have way more control over the bodies than in the 20s, but it is still a subject that needs more work. When you married in the 1920s it was so the men could have their name be continued for generations to come, it was not actually about
“The strong independent, and accomplished “new woman”, who entered the American scene at the turn of the twentieth century, gained further character with the passage of the suffrage amendment in 1920” (Baughman). With newfound freedom for women they found new ways to become prominent in the world outside of being a housewife. Their confidence and freedom allowed them to go to movies, dances, and sports events without being weighed down by their husbands. Women did not have the option of birth control in the 1920s, so they ended up having way more kids than what they wanted. The men did not care how many kids they had, because they thought that is what their wives were for. Even though the wives took care of the kids, nine times out of ten in a custody battle, the men got the children.
Suffrage brought the option for women to have birth control. The men could not decide for them anymore on how many children they would have. “No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother” (Sanger). Nowadays women have way more control over the bodies than in the 20s, but it is still a subject that needs more work. When you married in the 1920s it was so the men could have their name be continued for generations to come, it was not actually about