Flappers: Girls Gone Wild Up until the early 1900s the pace of change in American lifestyles had been relatively slow with most people experiencing a similar lifestyle to what their past generations had also followed. The rate of change started to accelerate in the early 1900s as new influences had an effect that reached even the furtherest parts of the country. This had the effect of creating a new country-wide culture in the early twentieth century. The movies‚ radio shows‚ sophisticated advertising
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Eng305 Prompt 3 November 13‚ 2013 The Flapper Girl and the Gibson Girl At the end of the nineteenth century and into the early part of the twentieth century there were two predominant styles of dress and manner for women. The Gibson Girl was popular from about 1890 until the end of World War I which then gave rise to the Flapper Girl of the 1920’s. They were different in most things‚ except that they both promoted the sense of what the time thought the “modern woman” was. They both
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The Flappers Women during the Victorian age were considered as incompetent (pretty much like children)‚ were supposed to submit to men‚ be morally perfect and were socially controlled by many cultural rules. But the Roaring Twenties would see a new type of woman called "the flapper" which would change many things to women ’s condition. What was socially acceptable and the attitudes of women changed radically due to the flappers and their influence can still be felt nowadays. From the end of World
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Flappers are the so-called new style of Western woman‚ and the term “flapper” was invented to describe this so-called new breed. Initiated earlier this year‚ the term “flapper” described women who flamboyantly flouted their contempt for what was deemed as societal behavior that was conventional. Flappers are women who were characterized by their choice of bobbed hair‚ short skirts‚ and their enjoyment of jazz music. They are formerly branded as brash for their enjoyment of casual sex‚ drinking‚ immoderate
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The Flapper Throughout history there has always been rebels of society‚ flappers were the rebels of society in the twenties. Fashion at this time was a good indicator of the change the country was undergoing. Women in this time period disregarded traditional conduct and dress; they wore smaller‚ more revealing pieces of clothing. Flappers were a huge influence in the 1920’s by helping the American woman open up and become more independent and by demanding the same equality as men. Flappers influenced
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Flappers Fashion After World War One‚ a new daring and exciting women was born. The unbelievable‚ fast social changes that struck the United States were illustrated by the new sense of fashion. The flappers altered the style of the twenties by liberating the views of women. "Slim hipped‚ bobbed hair‚ and short skirts"‚ was the new image the flappers brought to the 1920’s.The girls who flaunted this image were named flappers. Some people thought of flappers as being a disgrace to all women. These
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The death and devastation that resulted from World War I gave birth to a rebellious mentality among American citizens who wanted to live their lives to the fullest. Flappers were a breed of new women in the 1920s that defied convention and attempted to redefine the female role. Women began to smoke cigars‚ test with sexual rules and disregard traditional Victorian etiquette. Prior to this era‚ females were governed by rigid regulations and robbed of their social‚ cultural and constitutional rights
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FLAPPERS By: Justin Seamer‚ Fabian Terrones ‚ Luis Sanchez‚ and Edgar Medina WHAT IS A FLAPPER? The term "flapper" first appeared in Great Britain after World War I. It was there used to describe young girls it was somewhat awkward in movement because it had not entered womanhood Flappers were a “new breed” of women in the western 1920’s era A TYPICAL FLAPPER They were known for bobbing their hair Wearing excessive make-up‚ drinking‚ driving automobiles‚ smoking‚ and casual sexual
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inequality and debauchery. They criticized flappers for essentially “eroding the moral fabric of society” (DiPaolo). Victorian Americans believed the rebellious women misused their new sense of social freedom by mimicking the most disgraceful habits of men: including smoking cigarettes‚ illegally drinking‚ despite Prohibition‚ and avoiding household responsibilities (Pick). During the Roaring 20s‚ the rebellious sound of jazz music influenced popular culture and flappers since it was perfect to dance to in
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Imagine being a flapper in the 1920’s. Disobeying parents‚ breaking new boundaries with flapper fashion and attending late night parties surrounded by the thick cigarette smoke hearing the loud jazz music. Witnessing the shiny pearl necklaces cascading down the other flappers’ necks and hearing the click of their heels against the ground as they dance. The thoughts of sneaking out tonight and worrying about getting caught by parents but ignoring those ideas for the time being and focusing on the
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