WOMEN IN THE 1920S
History 103
WOMEN IN THE 1920S. A woman of 1920’s would be surprised to know that she would be remembered as a “new woman” even thou of all the significant changes that happened for her. In the 1920’s a women’s role changed in politics, in the home, and at the workplace. These changes where the results of the 19th amendment being passed, many resulted from newly developed technologies, but all had to do with changing the outlook toward women in society.
During America's early history, women were denied some of the basic rights that male Americans had. Before women were granted equal rights, women got married but couldn’t even own their own property or even the money they might have earned. In the 1920’s politics for women changed with the 19th amendment which granted women the right to vote. With the amendment was passed women’s lifestyle changed. Women became much more confident and wanted to utilize this new "power" in other areas. Many women gave up controlling aspects of the time. A lot woman went from the long and buttoned up clothes to shortening their dressed and bobbed their hair, the called those women “Flappers”. The 1920’s was a new age for women where they could start to enjoy personal freedom.
For women at home in the 1920’s, they started to live outside the confines of being a just wife and homemaker to women that got jobs outside the home such as working in factories or in offices. Women in the workplace in the 1920’s, was a time when new technology came along. Women continued to seek paid employment, but their opportunities changed. Many female college graduates turned to “women’s professions” and became teachers, nurses, and librarians. Big businesses required extensive correspondence and record keeping, creating a huge demand for clerical workers such as typists, filing clerks, secretaries, and office-machine operators. Others became clerks in stores or held jobs on assembly. A handful of women broke the old stereotypes by
WOMEN IN THE 1920S. A woman of 1920’s would be surprised to know that she would be remembered as a “new woman” even thou of all the significant changes that happened for her. In the 1920’s a women’s role changed in politics, in the home, and at the workplace. These changes where the results of the 19th amendment being passed, many resulted from newly developed technologies, but all had to do with changing the outlook toward women in society.
During America's early history, women were denied some of the basic rights that male Americans had. Before women were granted equal rights, women got married but couldn’t even own their own property or even the money they might have earned. In the 1920’s politics for women changed with the 19th amendment which granted women the right to vote. With the amendment was passed women’s lifestyle changed. Women became much more confident and wanted to utilize this new "power" in other areas. Many women gave up controlling aspects of the time. A lot woman went from the long and buttoned up clothes to shortening their dressed and bobbed their hair, the called those women “Flappers”. The 1920’s was a new age for women where they could start to enjoy personal freedom.
For women at home in the 1920’s, they started to live outside the confines of being a just wife and homemaker to women that got jobs outside the home such as working in factories or in offices. Women in the workplace in the 1920’s, was a time when new technology came along. Women continued to seek paid employment, but their opportunities changed. Many female college graduates turned to “women’s professions” and became teachers, nurses, and librarians. Big businesses required extensive correspondence and record keeping, creating a huge demand for clerical workers such as typists, filing clerks, secretaries, and office-machine operators. Others became clerks in stores or held jobs on assembly. A handful of women broke the old stereotypes by