Flappers by Baylee Harris

history brief on flappers

addison_lauck27 — 2025-03-14 16:41:39 UTC

Clara Bow

baylee_harris27 — 2025-03-14 16:49:36 UTC

This is Clara bow one of the three most famous flapper girls. She was a famous holly wood flapper who appeared in a movie called "It" she was a icon in the Hollywood indestry

Colleen Moore, 'The Perfect Flapper'

addison_lauck27 — 2025-03-14 16:52:52 UTC

Calleen Moore was the first sensational famous flapper seen on TV, beginning her career in silent films at 15. Her turning point came when the novel 'Flaming Youth' was published, a scandalous novel about 'pleasure mad daughters' and 'sensation craving mothers.' Her want for the role Patrica Frentiss led to her change in appearance into a flapper.

Flappers v.s working woman

baylee_harris27 — 2025-03-14 16:57:58 UTC

While flappers were challenging social norms and gender roles working women tended to live still on the conservative side. Women were still focused on childcare and staying at home, and they continued to dress more covered up compared to the look of a flapper girl

Louise Brooks, 'Sex Symbol Flapper'

addison_lauck27 — 2025-03-14 16:59:08 UTC

Louise Brooks, an American jazz icon and Hollywood actor and dancer. She became a member of the Denishawn Dancers at 15 but eventually moved after a fight with the group. She was considered a sex symbol for her iconic bob haircut, innocent looking face, and her new women persona that changed traditional gender roles.

Flappers social changes

baylee_harris27 — 2025-03-17 16:38:36 UTC

flappers were women who challenged social norms, they dressed more scandalously, became more independent and began working in more of a "man's" role in life. This was a shock compared to the Victorian way women acted back then.

"Those fluttering flappers" political cartoon

baylee_harris27 — 2025-03-17 16:47:29 UTC

This is a political cartoon comparing a girl from the 1820's to a girl in the 1920's

The end of flappers

addison_lauck27 — 2025-03-17 16:51:11 UTC

The era of flappers came to an end due to the stock market crash and great depression, the frivolous lifestyle becoming unaffordable

Treatment of flappers

addison_lauck27 — 2025-03-17 16:53:12 UTC

Flappers were treated with equal fascination and disapproval from society, often seen as a rebellious or immortal by older generations, and being celebrated as symbols of newfound freedom and modernity

Clara Bow interveiw

baylee_harris27 — 2025-03-17 17:01:54 UTC

Clara bow was a famous flapper appearing in silent movies throughout the 1920's. During her time acting she did an interview with Photoplay about her life story and she said “There is only one thing you can do when you are very young and not a philosopher if life has frightened you by its cruelty and made you distrust its most glittering promises. You must make living a sort of gay curtain to throw across the abyss into which you have looked and where lie dread memories.” This was a window into a flapper's life showing that they wanted to change how their lives were and be independent and care free.