how did life change for women in the 1920s

Question 1

what was life like for women in rural areas

Answer 1

• restircted lives
• chaperones
• controlled relationships
• no vote
• house wives

Question 2

could women vote in rural areas in the 1920s

Answer 2

no

Question 3

one reason women were so restircted in rural areas 1920

Answer 3

• churches traditional attitude

Question 4

improvements for women in the 1920s

Answer 4

• war gave jobs
• car increased freedom
• electric goods
• smoke in public
• no chaperones
• role models in film
• drive cars
• play sports

Question 5

when did the war give them jobs

Answer 5

1917

Question 6

what increased women’s freedom

Answer 6

the car

Question 7

when could women vote in all states

Answer 7

1920

Question 8

what did increase in electric goods do to help women

Answer 8

• less time needed for housework
• more free time

Question 9

how many female workers were there by 1929

Answer 9

10 million

Question 10

by 1929 there were 10 million female workers, how much was this more than in 1920

Answer 10

24 % more

Question 11

when was there 10 million female workers

Answer 11

by 1929

Question 12

by 1929 what happened to the divorce rate

Answer 12

it had doubled that of 1914

Question 13

example of a woman role model in film

Answer 13

theda bara

Question 14

how did the use of role models help

Answer 14

meant women could see themselves in roles other than housewives

Question 15

example of a famous flapper at the time

Answer 15

joan crawford

Question 16

limitations for women in 1920s

Answer 16

• paid less than men
• few female politicians
• church influenced rural women
• anti-flirt club
• some women disagreed with the new lifestyle

Question 17

when did textile workers go on strike in tennessee

Answer 17

1927

Question 18

where was it that textile workers went on strike in 1927

Answer 18

Tennessee

Question 19

why did textile workers go on strike in tennessee 1927

Answer 19

• worked 56 hour weeks at only
• 18 cents an hour

Question 20

what problem was there when women were given the right to vote

Answer 20

• not given access to power
• women were considered unelectable
• few female politicians

Question 21

what was the sexual revolution mean

Answer 21

1. many women outraged by what they saw for example on films
2. church remained influenced for rural women
3. poor women couldn’t afford new fashions
4. or have time to go out to social events

Question 22

what type of women did not adopt this new way of life

Answer 22

women in the bible belt

Question 23

what did some outraged older women form

Answer 23

the anti-flirt club

Question 24

what happened to bettie smith

Answer 24

• got in a car crash
• hospital refused to treat her as she was black
• she died