The Twenties Woman

1. Note two ways women's fashions changed.
Women started following the ideas of flapper, they wore dresses above the knees, and strings of beads.
2. Note two ways women's social behavior changed.
Women started dancing, smoking cigarettes, and drinking in public.
3. Note two words that describe the attitude reflected by these changes.
Often these flapper girls just seemed like a kind of rebellion, when the double standard was passed, this cause many women to go back and forth between old and new traditions.
4. Note one way women's work opportunities improved.
There was a great demand for "womens jobs" such as nurses, typists, office assistants, and librarians.
5. Note two ways women's home and family life improved.
There was new birth control science, and new inventions to make home life easier such as ready-made clothes, sliced bread, and canned soup. Also marriage became more equal.
6. Note three negative effects that accompanied women's changing roles in the 1920s.
Women soon discovered it was hard to handle work, and family, and teens tented to be more rebellious.