The 1920’s were the years of expression‚ change‚ innovations and new opportunities. Within these years women were exposed to different types of cultures and expressions some major ones being jazz and flappers. Women also gained the right to vote when the nineteenth amendment was passed allowing women to now have a say in political circumstances. Sheppard-Towner Act was also passed making it possible to have well-baby clinics‚ educational programs‚ as well as nursing. Expression for women came from
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representation‚” said by Abigail Adams‚ First Lady and advocate of women’s rights (Abigail Adams Quotes). In the past hundred years‚ women have accomplished more than anyone could imagine - from joining men in the work force to building multi-million dollar fashion industries. In each decade‚ the economy seems be a driving factor in the forward movement of women in politics and in the work force. The fashion of each decade is a reflection of their feeling
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Women in the 1920’s Before World War II no one believed women had a place in the military‚ yet women overcame this and helped the United States reach victory. Women felt they needed and wanted to get involved in the war instead of sitting at home‚ taking care of the children‚ cooking dinner‚ and cleaning the house. Women joined military support organizations like the WACs‚ the WAVES and the WASPs. These kinds of organizations contributed immensely toward the United States war effort. Women felt
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Jacob Hallam P. 2 5/12/15 1920s and 1950s After the worlds wars‚ America was different then everyone else. They were not affected by the war like the other nations in Europe. The devastation wasn’t as prominent in the U.S. like it was everywhere else. This created a specific sensation in the actions of America‚ specifically the political‚ social‚ and cultural ideas‚ and their foreign policy. The 1920s and 1950s gave way to the change in culture. After the wars‚ the men came home to go back to
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Concerns The 1950s socially was an exciting and eventful time to be alive. During the 1950s was when most of the now known "baby boomers" were growing up. On the homefront‚ many things began to change during the 1950s. During the forties‚ many men were across the ocean fighting in WWII‚ and women began to work‚ supporting their families and building careers for themselves. Throughout the 1950s both unemployment and inflation remained low. At this time‚ though the war was over‚ many women kept their
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The 1950’s were quite radical in fact‚ this is the decade that began rock n’ roll‚ the civil rights movement‚ better family living‚ advances in technology‚ Fashion‚ medical research‚ other wonderful things this country was not used to seeing or hearing. The 1950’s were looked at more as a state of mind or a way of living rather than just another decade or time era in American history. Everything was peaceful now‚ which looking back on the two world wars and the great depression this country was not
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Since the end of world war two‚ in 1945‚ Australian society has witnessed many dramatic changes in the rights and freedoms of women. Women‚ who had been encouraged to take on men’s jobs during the war were expected to vacate these positions and return to their traditional vocation in “home making”. Throughout the 1950’s and early 1960’s women were expected to either stay at home or work in underpaid “women’s jobs”. Women’s wages were significantly less in comparison to the wages awarded to men
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divorce rate of up to 50%. The problem with this situation is that it tends to result in a stigma against divorced people‚ and focuses unnecessarily on divorced women. Divorced women get the house‚ they get the car‚ they get the kids. Divorced women get‚ get‚ get‚ while their male counterparts do nothing but lose‚ lose‚ lose. In the 1950’s‚ however‚ their roles were reversed‚ with the sympathy still in favor of the male members of the household. Men got everything in a divorce: the house‚ car‚ kids
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The 1950’s was a time where war soldiers were coming home and were given the opportunity to go back to their families and begin a new life or create one; the war was over. There were new opportunities arising‚ and suburbs were becoming the norm. Racial segregation was coming to an end‚ we added two new states to the United States of America‚ and families were beginning to have babies left and right. Music started to change with Rock n’ Roll‚ clothing and fashion was changing‚ inventions were being
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into hiding what it cannot control and showcases what it has a handle on without opposition. In early America‚ the lack of support for women‚ African-Americans‚ and other immigrants grew into a national attitude towards these groups. For example‚ women were not viewed as equals amongst men‚ blacks were not even considered human amongst white people until the 1900’s and immigrants of non-Caucasian races abandoned their identities to fit the American mold they were forced to fill even though the treatment
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