History- Flapper lifestyle and Feminism

How were flappers a "different" type of women?

-New fashion of short skirts -Straight sleeveless dresses -Wore make up and perfume -Went out alone with their boyfriends -Drank bootleg liquor -Smoked in public -Drove cars and motorcycles

What did some older generation of women form in response to the unacceptable behaviour?

Anti-Flirt League

Who was a popular dancer trend setter?

Bee Jackson Became the world champion at doing the Charleston

What were made specifically for women?

Consumer goods - cosmetics and fashion accessories

How did some flappers react to the criticism of the Anti-flirt league?

Deliberately flouted the law (As a result were arrested)

What did the women who started to rebel against restrictions on their lifestyle become known as?

Flappers

How did these flappers shock their parents?

Having their hair cut short into the "Bob" style and attended the new dance halls and jazz clubs

What were other reasons for woman rejecting these lifestyles?

Lacked the finances Especially in rural areas which seen very little social change

How did women begin to express themselves in terms of?

Language Clothes Hairstyle Behaviour

Who was an icon and role model for young women?

Louise Brooks - model and actress who frequently appeared in advertisements Short hair, short skirt and makeup, embodied the spirits of the Jazz age

During the 1920s, how did younger, middle and upper-class women begin to live?

More liberal lifestyle, heavily influenced by the emerging jazz culture

What replaced traditional adverts portraying woman fully clothed accompanied by a man?

New adverts included the new, liberalised, independent woman, with short hair and fashionable clothes

How did many feminists see the flapper movement as?

Positive Empowering Breaking social constraints

Why did many women project such lifestyle changes?

Religious beliefs Condemning these women being immoral or too sexual

Why did the feminist movement achieved little in the 1920s due to the flappers?

Some people believed flappers were too extreme Flappers found fierce opposition from many traditional areas and many religious societies

What did jazz culture offer woman?

To break with traditional behaviours expected of them and to rebel