Roaring 20's

Question 1

What were rural women meant to be seen as and do?

Answer 1

• no makeup
• lead restricted lives
• no sport
• no smoking

Question 2

What did young urban women do?

Answer 2

• they drank more and smoked in public
• model t ford came in a variety of colours
• by 1920 they could vote in all states
• 1929 divorce rate doubled

Question 3

LIMITATIONS TO WOMEN?

Answer 3

• women still paid less
• employment levels only rose because women were cheaper than men (United textile workers went on strike in Tennesse as they worked 56 hours a week for 18 cents an hour)
• women were not given access to power
• women were considered unelectable