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    1920 1920 was a time for change and prosperity in everyway. It was the Era when fashion started to be an enormous topic to women’s life. Fashion affected the freedom of women during the 1920’s giving them rights they never had before. The Flappers were a huge symbol of freedom for the women during that time. Women as well started caring to much about there looks rather than other important things happening in that Era. The conflict is was fashion a positive thing or negative in the 1920. How

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    the right to vote in 1920 after the Nineteenth Amendment was adopted. They worked hard for the same or greater equality as men and while all this was going on they also brought out a new style known as the flapper. All this brought them much closer to their goal. In the 1920 ’s the term flapper referred to a "new breed" of women. They wore short skirts and dresses which were straight and very loose. The arms were left bare and the waistline was dropped to the hips. By 1927 the length of the skirts

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    of war. Fashion in 1920s and the flapper era had an important influence in women’s lives‚ silhouettes were changing as were the thoughts of most women A fashionable flapper had short sleek hair‚ a shorter than average shapeless shift dress‚ a chest as flat as board‚ wore make up and applied it in public‚ smoked with a long cigarette holder and wanted a mannish figure. The feminine liberation movement had a strong effect on women’s fashions. I. Flapper era A. A New Woman

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    The best way to look at how different consumer‚ consumption‚ and advertisement developments change over time is to look at the ads themselves. By comparing five different advertisements of the time‚ one can come to an excellent conclusion of the changing environment. Along with using information from the book American Consumer Society‚ 1865 – 2005 by Regina Blaszczyk. The five advertisements include Orange Crush Soda‚ Arrow Shirts‚ Chevrolet Cars‚ Lucky Strike Cigarettes‚ and Old Gold Cigarettes

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    For centuries many girls were taught to believe that a certain body type was desirable over all others; Medical Daily‚ a popular website‚ wrote an article about the ideal woman’s body throughout the 17th century up to modern day. Around the time of 17th century Europe‚ many famous artists such as Peter Paul Rubens would paint beautiful portraits of a nude woman. The women were depicted to be very plump and pale because those features were considered beautiful. During the 17th century‚ a big and pale

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    smoked cigarettes and wore red lipstick. These women were referred to as flappers. Flirting was seen openly in public with more than one male. These "new" women danced "the shimmy" in jazz clubs. This behavior was seen as scandalous by their mother ’s standards (American Horizons 859). This behavior was seen as a scandalous act‚ because women in the eras before‚ had never acted this way. Clara Bow symbolized the flapper or "new woman".

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    American culture during the 1920’s mixed vibrancy and greater openness with prejudice and discrimination. How do the roles and expectations of women contribute to the changing culture – and sometimes clashes in culture – of the era? [19th Amendment‚ flappers‚ “dating”‚ birth control movement‚ Harlem Renaissance] During the 1920’s women were restricted from many things and society tried to control and limit their personal freedom. One of the ways women resisted to conform to society normality’s was

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    Many examples of how the morals of the youth changed were in the film. The first one is the breakage of the 18th Amendment. Roxie Hart‚ the protagonist‚ consumes alcohol illegally with her lover Fred. Roxie Hart and her boyfriend are shown consuming alcohol on the stairs‚ a direct stand against rules and standards. During the 1920’s‚ drinking in public was taboo‚ but the dare factor of alcohol was an exciting challenge which was meant to be rebelled against by the younger generation (Lazin). Another

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    peace was comming together. The "roaring 1920’s" was one of the best times to be alive. Music was a huge part of the 1920’s‚ especially jazz. Jazz was the reason that the "flappers" were introduced. Flappers is a term used to describe young girls‚ still somewhat in the awkward movement who not yet entered womanhood. Flappers were used in the entertainment environment. They dressed up in dresses‚ feathers‚ and sparkles. They performed during any jazz mucial. They even sang and danced along to their

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    The period of the 1920s was widely regarded as an era of prosperity. There was social‚ political‚ and cultural change. The city life was difficult as a farmer in the 1920s. “Farmers struggled with low prices all through the 1920s‚ but after 1929 things began to be hard for city workers as well”. The stock markets crashed so that led to unemployment. Which wasn’t good for the farmers at all. It wasn’t good for the farmers because without work they would go bankrupt. When they go bankrupt they wouldn’t

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