Women‚ forever have been the object of desire‚ appreciation‚ and structured formality of the American household. Women were taught to observe‚ but not comment; follow their husbands and fathers‚ but not step out of line‚ and promote their perfect families. There were manuals to be followed‚ chores to be completed‚ and people to be pleased. Women‚ were models of society‚ often seen as porcelain dolls that could break at any moment in time. However‚ by the 1920’s women were starting to break out
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They created what many consider the "new" or "modern" woman. While the economy was booming‚ and society was growing‚ there also came the revival of the Klu Klux Klan and wider separation between social classes. The revival of the KKK in the 1920s was demonstrative of a society coping with the effects of industrialization‚ urbanization‚ and immigration. Although most of the KKK’s savagery was
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Paper The 1920’s had enormous potential for the U.S‚ America was the world’s superpower‚ American’s had luxurious houses‚ cars and high standards of living. Although the U.S gained a lot of prosperity in this year‚ there was still remaining problems like inequality that steamed from the past. The 1920’s was a dramatic and radical change to American life and even more dramatic change for women. Women have tried to gain freedom‚ independence and equality of man since man put labels on women and put
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Cassie Pinion Professor Smith AMH1020 11 December‚ 2015 In America‚ the 1920’s were a time of great social‚ cultural‚ and political change. Many people no longer lived on farms and were moving to the cities. The wealth of the nation had almost doubled in this decade. The consumer economy was booming and the market was flourishing. It was the time of the “Jazz Age‚” a change in social thinking‚ and women began to see more equality; to name a few. Freedom began to flourish and people had begun
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American Women in the 1920s The 1920s was a decade full of challenges‚ opportunities‚ and new outlooks on the world for American women. They experienced drastic changes in politics‚ education‚ and even within their own homes. The “new women” were independent‚ confident‚ and no longer afraid to fight for their rights. Being isolated in their own homes‚ getting married and having children was no longer the only option‚ and many women chose different life paths‚ whether it would be pursuing a career
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whole new outlook on life in the 1920’s. They were no longer of a single‚ quiet opinion. The different experiences during the war meant that once everyone was together again‚ viewpoints would change of what certain groups of people stood for. The role of women and how they now took control of their lives‚ new inventions‚ and different morals of Americans all accumulated to the new lifestyle of the United States. With their husbands gone to war‚ many American women became more independent because
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Women The end of World War 1 showed a new age for Australia. During the 1920s the women of Australia changed before they were quiet‚ polite and modest. Primary sources indicated that Australian women of the 1920s had a cultural‚ political and social change. They worked in factories‚ smoke cigarettes in public‚ wore short skirts‚ started swearing‚ wore make-up‚ had short hairstyles and went dancing in the evenings. Unfortunately‚ women still remained largely excluded from most areas of public life
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The lives of women improved during 1920s and 1930s because women attained political equality. After all the protesting suffragists did to obtain the right to vote in political elections‚ women finally earned their right to vote. According to Canada statistics‚ women around all provinces (except Quebec) received the right to vote by 1925. (Canada Statistics) Furthermore‚ as women became active in political involvements‚ they began to get elected representing different political parties. Canada statistics
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The Female Body in Advertising in the US during the 1920s The 1920s was a quite controversial decade concerning women’s position. People‚ trying to forget about the shock of the Great War‚ buried themselves in an unabashed materialism and hedonism. It was a decade when all old norms were extinguished not only for women but for the whole society. It was the time of one of the greatest changes American society ever experienced. Probably‚ this change was especially true for women’s position
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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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