US. 42 Describe changes in the social and economic status of women, including the work of Margaret Sanger, flappers, clerical and office jobs, and rise of women’s colleges.
Familiarization
Read/view the following details on women in the 1920's. Pay close attention to do well on the quiz at the end of the lesson!
After the horrible events of World War One, Americans were looking for a little fun in the 1920's.
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The passage of the 19th amendment, new job opportunities, and the new freedom offered by the automobile gave many women in the 1920's a new outlook on life.
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Opposing Viewpoints: Birth Control
Click Here to read opposing views/arguments regarding birth control. Citing evidence from the texts, what are the main points given to defend each of these opposing views? How do you think the increased awareness in birth control and family planning affected U.S. society after the 1920's?
Analysis: Changing Life of the 1920's in Cartoons
Before introducing his long running Sweeney and Son in 1933, Alvah Posen made his debut in the comic strip world with Them Days Is Gone Forever, a light-hearted view-of-the-times that was syndicated in American newspapers from 1921 to 1927. Its innovative format featured modern scenarios in four frames —the first three progressing with rhyming lyrics, the fourth delivering the climactic daily refrain: “Them Days Is Gone Forever.” (The strip was later retitled Them Days Are Gone Forever). Above the strip ran a line of music to which the strip’s “lyrics” could be sung. With gentle humor, Posen satirized the everyday character flaws of human nature and the distinctly American rites of passage (leaving bachelorhood was a favorite)--and bade farewell to aspects of life “gone forever” in the 1920s, including low prices, legal alcohol, naïve well-behaved children, and, as seen in the strips presented here, the demure tradition-bound woman of old. Adapted from: National Humanities Center: AMERICA IN CLASS,® 2012: americainclass.org/. Alvah Posen, Them Days Is Gone Forever, distributed by United Feature Syndicate; permission request in process to Universal Uclick. Complete image credits at americainclass.org/sources/becomingmodern/imagecredits.htm. Accessed 11/1/17. |
Analyze each of the cartoon strips below. What changes in the 1920's are reflected here, particularly regarding women?