1. Getting Started
Lesson 9

2. Worksheet B
Workers peeling apples for processing in an autoclave at a Kentville, Nova Scotia canning factory, 1935

3. Worksheet B
Hoping on a moving freight train was a dangerous act, but in the 30s hundreds of thousands of men and women did it.

4. Building Block Challenge

5. Changing Fashions
1910s
1920s
How do the two images compare?

7. Changing Fashions
Some women began to rebel against old ideas about how they should dress and behave
These were often young, urban women who adopted a radical new fashion style – dresses that barely came to their knees
Many also cut their hair short
These women were called flappers
Many also challenged traditions in other ways by joining men at jazz clubs and drinking alcohol
Even those that disagreed with the style were affected by these changes in society

8. “Women are persons in matters of pains and penalties, but are not persons in matters of rights and privileges.” –the BNA Act
What does this quote mean?
How might this limit what women were allowed to do?