Societal Changes in the 1920s by Joseph Kovach https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8 Made with eyes on the prize en-us 2017-03-30 16:22:39 UTC 2023-01-20 19:37:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Womens Suffrage jkovach https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164383275 -In the 1920s, Women took a step toward citizenship equality; they gained suffrage, or the ability to vote.
-This led to the 19th amendment to the constitution to give women this right
-Society then began shifting away from a dominant patriarchal society.
(Gender in the 1920s)]]> 2017-04-03 15:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164383275 Department Stores jkovach https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164383343 -In the 1920s department stores started to blossom due to the consumer-oriented economy
-Many places then started to hire women
-Stores needed women so that they could relate to other women, and the stores needed those sales.
(US History)]]> 2017-04-03 15:48:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164383343 Flappers jkovach https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164383391 -A term coined for women who defied the social norms of the time period by drinking, smoking, etc.
-Many women began to wear more revealing clothes, such as shorter dresses.
-These women also began to go to jazz clubs and dance.
-Common opinions of flappers were that they were acting like men or expressing themselves
(Flappers)]]> 2017-04-03 15:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164383391 Women in Sports jkovach https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164383446 - The number of sports tournaments increases in the 1920's and were included more in popular magazines
- Females participated in individual sports like avaiation, channel swimming and bowling and showed that they were most popular
- However by obtaining the right to vote it was considered the beginning of womens "fight" to enter areas such as sports
- This resulted in comparisons between men and women like skill ability and physiological makeup (Evans)]]> 2017-04-03 15:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164383446 Birth Control Movement jkovach https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164383555 - Margaret Sanger founded the American Birth Control League
- That evolved into planned parenthood which supported women and their rights to have control over their body. (Gender in the 1920s)
- This offended religious beliefs and morals so it bothered many religious groups (US History)]]> 2017-04-03 15:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164383555 jkovach https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164388460 2017-04-03 16:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164388460 jkovach https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164391155 A common depiction of a Flapper]]> 2017-04-03 16:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164391155 jkovach https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164391774 Margaret Sanger]]> 2017-04-03 16:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164391774 agebhardt1 https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164393606 2017-04-03 16:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jkovach/6y9r4i9v98p8/wish/164393606