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21:2 Twenties Woman. Women in the 20’s WWI + flu = live it up Asserted independence Rejected traditional values Demanded freedom.

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1 21:2 Twenties Woman

2 Women in the 20’s WWI + flu = live it up Asserted independence Rejected traditional values Demanded freedom

3 Flappers Dress Hair Assertive marriage

4 Alternative lifestyles received a limited level of acceptance in the 1920s Masculine women, Feminine men Which is the rooster, which is the hen? It's hard to tell 'em apart today! And, say! Sister is busy learning to shave, Brother just loves his permanent wave, It's hard to tell 'em apart today! Hey, hey! Girls were girls and boys were boys when I was a tot, Now we don't know who is who, or even what's what! Knickers and trousers, baggy and wide, Nobody knows who's walking inside, Those masculine women and feminine men! [17] [17]

5 Double Standard Flappers-more of an image than reality Courting changed to casual dating Women caught between old and new standards

6 20’s work opportunities for women Post war opportunities Women’s professions Clerical workers Breaking stereotypes Inequality and Discrimination in workplace

7 Changing American Families 1921 American Birth Control League Innovations free homemakers from traditional family responsibilities

8 “Best Thing Since Sliced Bread” Refers to great innovations

9 Changing American Families Children in school-Child Labor Laws Working women

10 Rebellious Adolescents AKA Pains in the Butt Strain on families More time with peers and less at home Resist parental control

11 21:3 Education and Popular Culture Bell Ringer pg. 653

12 1920’s Changes in Education “High School Movement” – Increased attendance – Vocational needs – Immigrants + literacy

13 1920s Mass Media Shapes American culture National Newspapers Mass circulation magazines

14 RADIO Powerful Live Politics Sports

15 Fads of the 1920’s People had time and money for leisure activities

16 Sports Heroes 1920’s pg. 654

17 1920s Movies Jazz Singer Steamboat Willie “talkies”

18 1920s Musicians George Gershwin

19 1920’s Artists Georgia O’Keeffe

20 1920’s Authors Sinclair Lewis F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway

21 21:4 Harlem Renaissance

22 Great Migration Push/pull factors Effect of northern cities

23 NAACP W.E.B. DuBois Protest racial violence Anti lynching laws

24 Universal Negro Improvement Association Marcus Garvey Separate society Promoted African American businesses Return to Africa movment Legacy: pride, economic independence, reverence for Africa

25 Harlem Renaissance Harlem-Capital of Black America Conditions Celebration of African American Culture

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27 Harlem Renaissance Literary Movement Themes: pride, trials, tribulations Claude McKay Langston Hughes

28 Jazz Age New Orleans Ragtime and vocal blues Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Cotton Club Bessie Smith

29 Tin Pan Alley Songwriting and publishing companies of the early 20 th century Irving Berlin

30 Composer and lyricist 3000 songs White Christmas/God Bless America


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