USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Today the easily recognized image of the flapper symbolizes the 1920s for many people. 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.

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: -The 1920s was a challenging time for American women. Women were expected to raise children, keep house, provide emotional support for their husbands, and in myriad ways, contribute to American society.

Detailed explanation-4: -Flappers were a subculture of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts (knee height was considered short during that period), bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior.