1. Women of the Roaring 20’s
Emma R, Emma S, Brooklyn

2. The Right to Vote

3. Women's Suffrage In Canada
1920’s were a time for drastic political and social change
Women's suffrage was intended to improve the lives of Canadian women
Women struggled for human rights
Met major resistance
Fought for improvements in education, healthcare and employment
In 1940 all Canadian women were granted the right to vote

4. Contributors to the decade

5. Louise Brooks American film actress Flapper icon
Set 20’s iconic bob look
Most fascinating personality in Hollywood
Trend setter

6. Zelda Sayre - Know as Zelda Fitzgerald
- More commonly known for being the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald
- American socialite, novelist and painter
- She is best known for symbolizing the carefree ideals of the 20’s flappers

7. Josephine Baker
French entertainer, activist, french resistance agent and freemason.
career was centered primarily in Europe.
she was renowned as a dancer during her career
performance in the revue Un vent de folie in 1927 caused a sensation in Paris.

8. Gloria Swanson American actress and producer.
received recognition for her role as Norma Desmond, in the film Sunset Boulevard.
Sunset Boulevard earned Gloria an academy award nomination and a Golden Globe Award.

9. Coco Chanel Famous french designer and businesswoman
The founder and namesake of the brand Chanel
was credited with liberating women from the constraints of the "corseted silhouette" and popularizing a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style

10. Flappers

11. Flappers in the 20’s were known for being energetic and had lot’s of freedom.
Flappers pushed barriers in economic, political and sexual freedom for women in the 20’s.
They listened to a lot of jazz music and the style was bobbed hair and short skirts

12. Fashion

13. Wide stripe, small dots, paisley
Beaded evening dresses
Bead or feather headbands for evenings
Long pearl necklaces
Mary jane T- strap heel
Cloche hats
Cocoon jackets
Small beaded purses
Casual golf knickers, argyle socks, blouse and tie
Fringe wraps

14. The Changing Role of Women

15. increasing number of employment and education opportunities
Magazine articles and movies left women to believe that being successful depended on marriage
Women worked until marriage
Women were given the right to vote
Women found their lives changing and society accepted the new roll of women