Appearance
A Gibson Girl would rather "____ _ ____" than talk to a man or cook for a man
A Gibson girl would rather read a book than talk to a man or cook for a man
Voting, driving cars, dancing, drinking, smoking cigarettes, staying out late & going to parties expressed what?
Young woman’s freedom
American women became known as flappers after what?
World War 1
Name a famous Flapper?
Clara Bow, Zelda Fitzgerald, Helen Morgan, Enda Purviance, Dorothy Sebastian, Anita Page, and Norma Shearer
Their clothes were _________ & ___________
Short & Tight
Flappers were in the active city night life and went to what kind of clubs?
Jazz clubs
Flappers could vote, dress however they wanted, and were more important to society after
The war
True or False: Many young people had the same rebellious attitudes as the Flappers
True: Young people and Flappers wanted to participate in an untraditional lifestyle
The flappers cut their hair to the style of a ___
Bob
"eat-drink-and-be-merry-for-tomorrow-we-die spirit” was the flappers what?
Motto
Women began to work in factories or as clerks because ____
many men were drafted into war which meant help was wanted
Why would many Flappers and people Smoke and drink?
Prohibition began with the influence of some women who wanted liquor to be outlawed because of how it made some men and husbands act once they were intoxicated.
Dresses were hemmed to the? ___
Knees
True or False: They started choosing activities that interested them and didn't care about their fathers or husbands decisions for them.
True
Women had the right to vote after a how many years of struggle?
72 years
What was the stereotype that Flappers strayed away from?
The ”Gibson girl“
The garconne style means?
A young woman of the 1920s who rebelled against conventional ideas of ladylike behavior and dress. Basically dress how ever they want. Unlady like.
What 5 things places described Flappers?
northern, urban, single, young, middle-class women
True or False: Women still weren't allowed to date or have any fun after the war was over
False
When did young and old people begin to accept the aspects of the Flapper lifestyle?
At the end of the 1920s