SWBAT: Describe the changes women experienced during the 1920s both inside the home and in society.

Homework: Response: what a flapper?

Do Now: How would you describe this woman?

The Twenties Woman

Vocab Review

▪ Nativism

▪ Communism

▪ Palmer Raids (not bolded, p. 619)

▪ Sacco and Vanzetti

▪ KKK (not bolded, p. 621)

▪ Emergency Quota Act of 1921 (not bolded, p. 621)

▪ Calvin Coolidge

▪ Installment Plan

▪ Prohibition

▪ Fundamentalism

▪ Flapper

▪ Harlem Renaissance

▪ Marcus Garvey

Women of the early 20th Century

▪ Traditionally stayed in the home to cook and clean.

▪ Expected to have children and be a good mother.

▪ Dressed conservatively and were to behave as virtuous women should.

▪ Married young and were to be loyal and faithful wives.

So how do we get from this to this?

1890s 1920s

Reason 1: World War I and its aftermath

▪ World War I and its effects:–Questioning religion▪ What effect could war have on religion and

a person’s beliefs?

– “We could die tomorrow” mindset▪ How could this change your behavior and

ideas?

Reason 2: Changes in the Home

▪ Time saving appliances meant women had to spend less time cooking and cleaning.

▪ Readymade items that could be purchased in the store (i.e sliced bread, clothing, etc.) freed women from making these items themselves.

Reason 3: Changes in the Workforce

▪ The economic boom of the 1920s meant women had the opportunity to work in “womanly professions”.– Teachers, nurses, secretaries, typists, and librarians.

– Kept women out of the house and at their jobs.

▪ However, this is the beginning of gender discrimination and inequality for women in the workplace.

Reason 4: Changes in the family

▪ 1870s: birth control was made illegal.

▪ People like Margaret Sanger brought birth control and family planning to national attention. – Opened the first birth control clinic in 1916.

– Was arrested. Judge ruled women did not have "the right to copulate with a feeling of security that there will be no resulting conception."

▪ By the end of the 1920s, doctors recognized the benefits of birth control and clinics were more common.

▪ How might birth control change the way women understand and feel about sex and child-bearing?

All of this led to the flapper

▪ Flappers changed the way women were perceived by society.

▪ Challenged and then redefined social roles for women.

▪ But what is a flapper?

Activity- Illustrate a Flapper

▪ In your group, first read A Flapper's Appeal to Parents

▪ Then on a separate sheet of paper, draw what you imagine a flapper to look like from Ellen Welles Page’s description.

▪ Your illustration should include:– An appropriate look (hair, clothing, shoes, etc.)

– A setting that has the flapper engaging in an activity that a flapper might be involved in.

– A thought or speech bubble that a flapper might think or say.

▪ At the bottom answer the question: what does Ms. Page want parents to do?

You may want to highlight or underline these as you read.

Helpful hints…

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