THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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a women that supported prohibition
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the people involved in the Harlem Renaissance
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members of the KKK
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women that challenged traditional roles and ideas
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Detailed explanation-1: -Flappers were young, fast-moving, fast-talking, reckless and unfazed by previous social conventions or taboos. They smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol, rode in and drove cars and kissed and “petted” with different men. Women move to cities and into the workforce, but stayed in traditional ‘women’s roles.
Detailed explanation-2: -Flappers of the 1920s were young women known for their energetic freedom, embracing a lifestyle viewed by many at the time as outrageous, immoral or downright dangerous. Now considered the first generation of independent American women, flappers pushed barriers in economic, political and sexual freedom for women.
Detailed explanation-3: -Flappers were seen as brash for wearing excessive makeup, drinking, treating sex in a casual manner, smoking, driving automobiles, and otherwise flouting social and sexual norms. They challenged the previously accepted mores of society in every regard.
Detailed explanation-4: -flapper, young woman known for wearing short dresses and bobbed hair and for embracing freedom from traditional societal constraints. Flappers are predominantly associated with the late 1910s and the ‘20s in the United States.
Detailed explanation-5: -The flapper-with her short skirts, short hair, noticeable makeup, and fun-loving attitude-represented a new freedom for women. The old restrictions on dress and behavior were being overthrown.