(Changes in society) Changes in women Flashcards
Summarise women’s experience in the 1920s in one sentence.
On the surface, women seemed liberated but the reality was different.
Politics - when did women get the right to vote?
1920
Politics - what gave women the right to vote?
The 19th amendment.
Politics - give a statistic to show little development in politics.
2 out of 435 delegates in the House of Representatives were female.
Employment - there was more ___________ but not ________.
opportunities
managerial
Employment - what was the expectation for most women?
Get married and have children.
Employment - give statistics to show little development in employment for women.
Fewer than 100 female accountants
Employment - how did the experience of black women in employment look?
How?
Worse
They held many of the lowest paid jobs in domestic service.
Birth control - the __________ government was __________ towards women.
Republican
Unsympathetic
Birth control - what gave federal funding for maternity care?
The 1921 Sheppard-Towner Act
Birth control - what did the 1921 Sheppard-Towner Act do?
Gave federal funding for maternal care
Birth control - who was a highly contentious figure in birth control?
Margaret Sanger
Birth control - what did Margaret Sanger use to support her claims/demands (CONTEXT)?
Popular ideas of eugenics at the time.
Flappers - how did the media portray women?
What did this consist of?
Flappers portrayed liberated young women who attended public places/parties unchaperoned and liked to drink & smoke.
Flappers - what is the reality of the liberated social behaviour that flappers portrayed?
It wasn’t reflected in professional jobs or equal opportunities.
Flappers - who are icons/heroins of the time?
What did they do?
Coco Chanel and Clara Bow
Reinforce the flapper lifestyle
What had remained popular throughout this time regarding expectations surrounding women’s role?
Give evidence.
Traditional views
Middletown survey of 1929: 89% of girls said they’d like a job but would give it up after marriage.
What role did most women have in society?
Domestic servants & financially dependant on men.
Birth control - what is to be noted about illegal abortions?
50,000 women died from them in 1929
Politics - how was the 19th amendment limited?
Many women voted the same as their husband.
Employment - what did many women claim to prefer in terms of employment?
Being housewives
Flappers - who was the position of flappers limited to?
Middle-class women
Flappers - who was against flappers?
Rural, conservative women that participated in the prohibition movement & women’s temperance - they wanted to preserve America’s morals.
Birth control - who was Margaret Sanger?
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Campaigned for birth control and involved in making abortions safe, once being arrested.
Favoured eugenics which she used to defence her argument in her book ‘Women and the New Race’.
