The Roaring Twenties: Backbone of Change
· Time of immense change
° Films and newspapers = used to promote carefree living and comfortable city life
° Marked by jazz, dancing, great development and many social changes
· People began to pull away from religion
· A New generation of Women: Flappers
° Demanded same rights as men
° Driving force behind behavioral changes
§ Shorter hair and more modern clothing
§ Showed changing views of women
· Women pressure Congress for equal rights
° 25% working women=sales clerks
° Have hard time entering specialized fields of work
° 50-60% lower wages for same work and longer hours
° Pushed for an amendment to the constitution
· Marched on Washington for equality
° Many women arrested
· Great progress in women’s suffrage
