Flapper

the rapid urbanization of America. Women were now fleeing from the chains locked by their fathers and were heading to these new bustling cities, taking them by storm with their newfound freedom of expression and speech. These women were known as flappers; they dressed and spoke with sass and confidence, no longer shying away from the other gender’s illusion…

still be mothers. Because of this, they started to realize that men were not the only ones who could be engineers or contractors. When the men came back, women were expected to go back to being dainty eye candy. That is not what women had in mind. Flappers helped change the way most people saw women, and it did change some things, but not all the changes positive. Women were still seen as fragile dolls and not what to their potential. Even after World War II, where ladies helped take on the…

During the 1920's there where numerous amount of illegal activity some being police bribery, Prostitution, Gang affiliation, Speak easies, Teapot scandal and many more. It was a time where law was not as followed at times because it was considered the golden age because of the many changes during this time such as the development of cars, women became rebellious, new type of literature arose. Many factors contribute to this but the one that really stood out as the root of the…

Women wore short their hair short in a hairstyle, known as a bob, and broke out of their traditional attire. The novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, demonstrates how women tried to break out of the social norms by becoming flappers, but ultimately were held back due to the stereotypes placed upon them by men. Although the role of women was changing during the 19th century, in the novel, The Great Gatsby, women were still viewed unequal to men, because of the sexist…

In the book, Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes, I was very surprised by the "Tomboy" stereotype. When I think of a tomboy, I think of a girl who loves to play sports, doesn't mind getting down and dirty and may prefer to dress casual instead of wearing dresses or skirts. I have always thought of my own daughter as a tomboy. She would much rather throw on a pair of sweats, jeans or shorts instead of a dress and softball is her life! I…

African-American revolutionized jazz music. The talent of great singers such as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Duke Ellington helped pave the way for new dance moves such as the Charleston and the Cakewalk. The 20s were also the age of flappers, middle and high-class women with bobbed hair who wore decked out flashy calf length dresses and accessorized with pearls. Women were also allowed to vote due to the nineteenth amendment being ratified in 1920, this was known as woman suffrage. In…

Daisy Buchanan is the wife of Tom Buchanan. She was always the height of fashion who lives in East Egg, Long Island. She also exhibits signs of becoming a “new woman” but values are old fashion. was caught between old and new values. She was married for money. “Her voice is full of money.” If the “New Women” were married. They stayed home and looked after their children while the husband worked in weekly wage. If they were single women, they worked as a waitress, cooking, etc. Many of them were…

in other words, ‘they could finally ‘escape the horror of the war and release their pent-up emotions’ caused by the “restricted lifestyles forced on the public by the war effort’ (‘1920s Dancing’).” Dance has also evolved due to major events. Take Flappers for instance, in the article Dance in the 20th Century, Mary Butler stated that “By the 1920s women began to feel as though they needed to be seen not as stereotypical females who go to finish school, but rather as equal hard workers with…

theur short hair, women would wear either fancy hats or men’s hats. One of the popular hats was the Cloche Hat that allowed them to tuck their hair into the hat. Women got their style from the famous designer Coco Chanel that brought all the flapper style. Flapper style consisted of short dresses with fancy hats, with unique make up their make was dark mascara and eye liners, with eye shadow and variety of color lipstick. Women’s fashion or style was different and unqie during this…

increased throughout the nineteen twenties. The hemlines of the skirts and dresses worn in the early twenties went from above the ankle to below the knee by nineteen twenty nine. The presiding fashion of the twenties was the tomboyish figure of the Flapper, which stressed the lack of curves in the feminine body. The most common outfit worn during the twenties was a suit jacket and skirt with low-heeled Mary Jane pumps. Fake jewelry was also part of the wardrobe to decorate the outfit. Jewelry…