SOCIAL LIFE IN THE 1920s NOTE TWO WAYS WOMEN’S FASHIONS CHANGED. BRIGHT COLORS SHORTER AND LOOSER-FITTING DRESSES STOCKINGS SKIN-TONED INSTEAD OF HIGH LACED SHOES HAIR BOYISHLY SHORT AND DYED JET-BLACK INSTEAD OF LONG AND NATURAL

SOCIAL LIFE IN THE 1920s NOTE TWO WAYS WOMEN’S SOCIAL BEHAVIOR CHANGED. FLOUTING OF TRADITION GREATER ASSERTIVENESS SMOKING AND DRINKING IN PUBLIC DANCING WITH ABANDON CASUAL DATING

SOCIAL LIFE IN THE 1920s NOTE TWO WORDS THAT DESCRIBE THE ATTITUDE REFLECTED BY THESE CHANGES. REBELLIOUS, ASSERTIVE YOUTHFUL, DARING PLEASURE LOVING, FUN LOVING RELAXED, CASUAL INDEPENDENT, EQUAL

WORK & HOME LIFE IN THE 1920s NOTE ONE WAY WOMEN’S WORK OPPURTUNITIES IMPROVED. MORE JOBS AVAILABLE, INCLDUING “WOMEN’S PROFESSIONS” AS WELL AS WORK ONCE RESERVED FOR MEN A HUGE DEMAND FOR CLERICAL WORKERS, STORE CLERKS, AND ASSEMBLY-LINE WORKERS

WORK & HOME LIFE IN THE 1920s NOTE TWO WAYS WOMEN’S HOME FAMILY LIFE IMPROVED. A REDUCED BIRTHRATE WIDER AVAILABILITY OF READY-MADE CLOTHES AND PREPARED FOODS HOUSEHOLD LABOR SIMPLIFIED BY SOCIAL INNOVATIONS AND INVENTIONS SCHOOLS & VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS HANDLED MORE FAMILY TASKS, SUCH AS LOOKING AFTER CHILDREN & ELDERLY PARENTS MORE FREE TIME AND MORE CHOICES A VIEW OF MARRIAGE AS AN EQUAL PARTNERSHIP MARRIAGE BASED ON PERSONAL CHOICE

WORK & HOME LIFE IN THE 1920s NOTE THREE NEGATIVE EFFECTS THAT ACCOMPANIED WOMEN’S CHANGING ROLES IN THE 1920s PRESSURE OF JUGGLING BOTH WORK & FAMILY, ESPECIALLY AMONG WORKING-CLASS WOMEN ADOLESCENT REBELLIOUSNESS THE CONFLCT BETWEEN TRADITIONAL ATTITUDES AND MODERN WAYS OF THINKING THE DOUBLE STANDARD LIMITED ADMISSIONS TO MEDICAL SCHOOLS FEW MANAGERIAL JOBS INEQUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE LOWER WAGES THAN MEN EARNED

FLAPPER AN EMANCIPATED YOUNG WOMAN WHO EMBRACED THE NEW FASHIONS AND URBAN ATTITUDES OF THE DAY

DOUBLE STANDARD A SET OF PRINCIPLES GRANTING GREATER SEXUAL FREEDOM TO MEN THAN TO WOMEN. IT REQUIRED WOMEN TO OBSERVE STRICTER STANDARDS THAN MEN DID