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Period 5 Women of the 1920s

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Women Of The 1920s

Women's Fashion

The fashion of the 1920’s began to change when world war one happened. People felt free and wanted to express how they felt through what they wore. People stopped wearing corsets and started showing off their legs. Glamour became important to people and they even started wearing make-up and a bob hair cut. The 1920’s was even the first time when people started looking at magazines for fashion advice such as the Vogue magazine. Women started wearing baggy clothing and skirts and jeans at their waistline. Cotton, wool, and silk which cost the most money was what clothes were made of. Even the first outdoor mall was built in 1992 in Kansas City called The Country Club, it is still their today. Sewing machines were invented for making clothes in factories. Clothing was reduced from 19 yards to 7. The clothing became lighter not only in weight but in color to. They wore big hats, held canes, and wore accessories such as bags and matching shoes. Such great designers such as Coco Chanel started their fashion line in the 1920’s. Her clothes were looser fitting and she even had a sports line of clothing that people played tennis and golf in. Women’s clothes even had money fur on them. The little black dress started in the 1920’s by an American designer and this dress is still around today. V-necks which were also worn today also started in the 1920’s. The 1920’s had an impact on the clothes that were wear today.

The 19th Amendment

The 19th Amendment was proposed in June of 1919 and was ratified in August of 1920. This amendment gave voting rights to women. So as you can see this problem did not start in the 20s it mainly started in the late 1800s at the Women’s Rights Convention by Susan B. Anthony.

The suffragist then started to bring it to court and got it all the way the Supreme Court at one point. In 1872 it was first introduced in Congress and would do so until it was finally passed. In the 1890 and in 1990 some states like Wyoming and Utah allowed women to vote in their state. Then Roosevelt’s Progressive Party made a plank supporting women suffrage.

In the teens the fight continued by women’s activists groups, such as the Silent Sentinels who in 1917 protested in front of the White House so to raise awareness. Then issue got started up when President Wilson announced hid support of the problem. Then it barely passed in the House of Representatives but failed but three votes in the Senate. In the next Senate election women urged citizens only to vote for pro-suffrage senators. Because of that the Congress became pro-suffrage. When it came to voting on the amendment again it was passed in both the House and in the Senate. ^[1]

The 1920 FLAPPERS

The term “flappers” was a new breed of woman in the 1920’s that wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, and listened to new jazz music. Woman’s attitude changed and their behavior aswell. The flappers were associated with illegal clubs and sold alcohol during prohibition. They were known for not wearing garments of corsets and instead favored a boyish figure in dress styles and undergarment styles. Flappers would wear bras to minimize their figure as well. The hemlines of dresses fell just below the knee, and instead of tight corsets their new style was just very loose and free feeling. Their bobbed hair was chin length and represented to others as very boyish, with the make up of eye liner dark lipstick.