Historical context of 1920s Flashcards
What happened in the 1920s?
- Women won the right to vote (1920)
- Charleston swept the nation (1923)
- Flapper dresses w ere the latest fashion trend (1925)
- Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf published (1925)
- Great Gatsby published (1925)
- Introduction of ‘The Talkies’ (1926-1930)
- Academy Awards made their debut (1929)
- Stock market crashed starting the Great Depression (1929)
Impact of Women’s Right to Vote
1840s – The demand for womens suffrage in the US began rather than simply womens rights
1948 – The womens suffrage movement was sparked by the First Womens Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, which was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
1869 – The first national suffrage organisations were established in 1869 when two cometing organizations were formed. They merged in 1890 as the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
1900 – Women gained a right to keep their earnings and hold property in every state
How women’s rights links to SITR?
> Lina complains about how she doesn’t do as much as Don
Kathy gives Don just as much as he gives her
Impact of Charleston
> named after the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina
the rhythm was popularised in mainstream dance music in the USA by a 1923 tune called “The Charleston” by composer/pianist James P.Johnson, which originated in the Broadway show ‘Runnin’ Wild’
the movement stemmed from the musical ‘Running Wild’ with twisting
Impact of Flapper Era
> where a subculture of young Western women prominent after the First War and through the 1920s who wore short skirts (knee height was considered short during that period), bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for prevailing codes of decent behaviour
flappers were seen as brash fro wearing excessive makeup, drinking alcohol, smocking cigarettes
