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Flapper Culture

The roaring 20's was a significant era for the Flapper women who were most known as a young girls with bobbed hair, short skirts, and penchant for lipstick . This new fashion sense gave these young girls an outgoing attitude and the confidence they never knew they needed. This era gave young women different opportunities to be unique, the ideal American girls with a boyish build, long legs, and straight trunk lines are said to be working in the day and dancing overnight . Flapper girls were viewed differently because of their fashion sense, their ever-shortening skirts and the popular trend to wear only a singe layer of dress . Their ideals began to change and society began to view them differently from the rest of the traditional women in the 1920's.

The fashion culture of the early 1900's gave women a sense of freedom on what they want to wear which gave birth to new ideals, women's rights and feminism . in the year 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified and women in the United Sates were able to vote. It was a big moment for all women because it now gave them a chance to have a say in politics which was not allowed before. The Flapper girls were a big part of the roaring 20's and everything that occurred during that time. With the many changes in politics, economics, and society, women's roles were shifted. The went from a prim, proper, and austere appearance to a highly liberal, provocative and daring one . Women became the reason for the economic growth due to their ability to be involved.

Women's roles in the 1920's

The switch from the traditional Victorian woman to a lively, bold American woman really had an impact on American economy and society. Before World War 1, women were housewives, taking care of their children, cooking, cleaning, and waiting until their husbands come home from work. But when the first World War began, many men had to leave their jobs to go into the army and this is when women needed to fill in the absence of the men and their jobs. This is when it was a pivotal period for feminism . Women were needed in the workforce because the clerking jobs that blossomed in the Gilded age were more numerous that ever . Women from the 1920's were juggling many things, not only being mothers but also working to provide for their families but that didn't mean that they couldn't have fun. In the day time they were working women but at night flappers engaged in the active night life . Flappers attended jazz clubs and vaudeville shows while adopting the same carefree attitude toward prohibition as her male counterpart . Flappers would drink and smoke like the men. The double standard between men and women was changed because of the flappers and their carefree attitude. Overall, women's roles in the 1920's changed significantly because of the upcoming era of the Flapper. It changed young women's morals and ideals. The ability to be able to vote and work like men was a huge step to becoming equal. A Flapper's style and attitude gave young girls confidence and the freedom to do as they please.