Women’s rights

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“Also, during 1920, after a 72-year struggle, women finally gained the right to vote. WWI had just come to an end in 1918, and from 1918 to 1919, influenza took some 50-100 million persons. Countless women were still reeling from losing brothers and husbands. To the Suffragette’s dismay, the young women of the 1920’s did not want to carry on the fight to greater equality. Instead, they wanted to have fun and so the flapper was born.”

“The flappers wore makeup (in ways that were previously seen as a stylable look for a lady of the night), dramatically short dresses whose hemlines rose above the knee, high heels, and the signature short cut flapper hairstyle. They bound their chests, smoked, drank, and experimented with sex, all behaviors that were considered blasphemous to the older generations. The flappers are celebrated in history as women who represent female empowerment and a declaration of independence as they leveled the playing field with men. They were pushing away the Victorian era norm of the quiet woman who stayed at home. The flappers were less concerned with politics than their suffragette mothers, but they made great strides as they sat in bars acting as men did, working office jobs that men worked, and experimenting with fashion in ways that were considered ridiculous.” (Info from here) 

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