Women in society (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Decade of revolutionary change for American women
Decade of revolutionary change for American women
1920s
Year America entered WWI
Year America entered WWI
1917
Year women gained voting rights
Year women gained voting rights
1920
Amendment granting women voting rights
Amendment granting women voting rights
19th Amendment
Divorce rate change in the 1920s
Divorce rate change in the 1920s
Doubled
Ideal woman image before WWI
Ideal woman image before WWI
Gibson Girl
Gibson Girl corset purpose
Gibson Girl corset purpose
Create unnaturally small waists
Fashionable woman of 1920s
Fashionable woman of 1920s
Flapper
Flapper hair style
Flapper hair style
Cut short
Flapper dress length compared to before
Flapper dress length compared to before
Significantly shorter, revealed ankles & legs
Flapper behaviors shocking society
Flapper behaviors shocking society
Smoking, drinking, staying out late, mixing with men
Organisation protesting flappers
Organisation protesting flappers
Anti-Saloon League
Women most affected by 1920s changes
Women most affected by 1920s changes
Middle & upper-class women in northern cities