Changing Society & Women in the 1920s Flashcards
How did the car help change society in the 1920s?
- Gave people newfound freedom to travel & explore
- Allowed people to move into the suburb
- Young people would escape home & go to the movies &clubs
- Cars blamed for the decline in morals in the younger generations.
- Car blamed for increase of crime.
How did the Radio help change society in the 1920s?
1930 - 40% of Americans had a radio in their home
Many radio shows.
How did Clubs & Dancing help change society in the 1920s?
- Enormously popular as the 1920s progressed.
- Young Americans
- Slow formal dances were replaced by fast and sexy jazz dances.
- Dancing is much more openly sexualised
- Many condemned this new dancing
How did Jazz help change society in the 1920s?
black music makes it into white society
- Jazz, soul & blues
Black music become popular music
Many condemned Jazz as crazy voodoo music
How did Cinema help change society in the 1920s?
Biggest area of moral change
- Sexual appeal
Young Americans would visit the cinema (2-3 times a week sometimes)
Hollywood moved to selling sex
- Stars are attractive men and women
Many condemned Hollywood as sinful
Government brought in reform so that people’s morals weren’t corrupted
- Hollywood introduced the Hays code which censored what could be in films.
True or False, Women’s roles and expectations of women changed in many ways during the 1920s?
True
At the end of the 1920s how many women were workering and how much more was that than in 1920 (%)?
10 million, 25%
How did Social habits for women help change society in the 1920s?
Full-length dresses and skirts to knee-high
- More revealing, freeing, comfortable
Long hair cut short, challenging old social norms
Makeup grows in popularity
More women smoked & drove cars
Advertisements start to target women more
What does flapper mean?
It was the nickname given to the modern, liberated women
