Rebellious Women In The 1920's

During the 1920s, the general public of America began to question the “old way” of thinking and introduced new ideas to society in terms of sciences and religion; in conclusion, a great debate about the future took place. A group of people, the fundamentalists, believed and hoped the American tradition would revive the Christian influence that the country once possessed before World War I, by strengthening family values, promoting a Christian lifestyle, and interpreting the Bible as a literal, historical piece of writing. In the monkey trial of 1925, defense attorney Clarence Darrow interrogated William Jennings Bryan, the democratic politician of Nebraska, for his credence on whether everything in the Bible “should be literally interpreted”; to which Bryan replied that he believed “everything in the bible accepted as it is given there.” …show more content…
Rebellious women, known as flappers, went against society’s approval of what a woman should look like and how she should act. Their "outrageous" behavior, which included partying, dancing, riding bicycles, driving cars, smoking cigarettes, drinking in public, and advocating sexual liberation was highly controversial at the time. Society did not see Flappers as proper women, however, these women started a new trend that paralleled the Women’s Rights Movement. Premarital activities such as “petting” became popular during this time. Unmarried women still found intercourse to be defined as “Cheap, common, and promiscuous,” unless marriage with the partner remains in