The Role Of The Flappers In The 1920's

Before the 1920’s women didn’t have many rights and they were very conservative. Their only job in society was to take care of their husband, home, and children. On June 4th, 1919 Congress passed the 19th amendment that allowed women to vote, which opened many doors for women in America. In the 1920s, women broke away from the Victorian image of womanhood. They dropped the corset, chopped their hair, dropped layers of clothing to increase ease of movement, wore make-up, created the concept of dating, and became a sexual person, a flapper. They created what many consider the "new" or "modern" woman. The flapper’s movement helped change society’s view of women by inspiring them to challenge the expectation of women.
The behaviors of flappers were viewed to be outlandish at that moment. The roles of women in society changed to a different direction in which women had the freedom to choose what they wanted and did things at will. The flappers possessed different characters, they were young girls of approximately nineteen of age. “They went to jazz clubs; this was because the flappers had good taste on jazz music and dance” (Perrett 80). During the night clubs the flappers danced in a provocative manner, they were trying to break the …show more content…
Parents of the “Roaring Twenties” era were concerned for their adolescent daughters; they were fearful that their children would become or do something that they, and the generation before them, would disagree with. Young girls at the time looked up to flappers as role models. Though, they were not exactly what the adults wanted their daughters to be like. “By spending too much of their time flirting, Flappers outraged feminist” (Jennings 115). The parents were still stuck in the traditional times of their generation; it took them a while to adjust to the changing times of their young