Women Before The 1920's Essay

“Conservative” “disposed to preserve existing conditions, intuitions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.” That was what many believed the women before the 1920’s “Flapper” era was believed to be, women who held traditional values and ones who were not valued as much as men second class citizens if you will. These women were not allowed to vote, had very poor paying jobs, were not able to be sexual beings and explore their sexual freedom. That changed in the year 1920. The 19th amendment granted the right for women to vote, the nation’s economy started to boom, the automobile was a luxury that everyone had to have at the time as a result more and more individuals especially women started going out more, danced in a way
These were some of the many reasons why women saw a drastic change in the way they carried themselves. How much different was the new woman from the woman of the past ? Lets find out. Fashion for the woman before the 1920’s is looked back upon now as being what we called today as “conservative” to some. The outfits that were worn by these women covered their whole body, they were well established garments and gave off the look of a women in a diligent manner. Their dresses were almost always covering everything arms included the dresses were narrow and would go down and cover their feet partially.Corsets were very much in vogue at the time Other features of the women and their early style were cotton and silk stockings, high heel ankle boots, and rather large hats. This style was derived from what is called “Victorian” this era was from Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom fashion sense was taken from her and she was the one women modeled after in a way modern woman somewhat model after the First Lady of the United States. The younger generations were not too keen on this idea of wearing this conservative clothing it was dull, boring, out of style for