New Women In The 1920's

Also, I think the New women was one of the successful changes that emerged in the Roaring twenties. The now women known as flapper had more freedom (they did not want to use corsets and act like their mother). They had short hair, short skirt, drink and smoke in public. Women had access to a type of birth control, which helped poor families to not have a lot of children. In 1920, the 19th amendment allowed women to vote, which increased women presence in public area. Women had more chances to work in professional jobs, but only feminized professions like teaching and nursing. The automobile becomes more popular and more reliable, especially in women. Women drove themselves anywhere and were not depended on men. The automobile made escaping more easily to women. Women were escaping their homes and fleeing with men to get married.
Women still fight to work in men position. For example in my engineering classes, most of the student are male and only 3 girls including me. Some of these jobs are still looked at as a man job and not a woman. In 1920, conservative forces in society including churches like the Ku Klux Klan group which were opposed women new role. Other people did not like the way women (flapper) were looking and the way they acted. Like today, some people still judge people on the way women dress and the way they should look and act. Women still fight for