Social Changes In Canadian Fashion From The 1920's To The 20th Century

The political, social, and economics changes contributes to the Canadian identity. Canada was involved in several events. However, the time in Canada was just not around Britain. Canada had started to build up its own autonomy throughout these events in the political, social, and economical Many Canadians wanted greater autonomy from Britain. They believed that that Canada should basically no longer be tied to the European power. Social is relating to society or its organization. Political is relating to the government or public affairs of a country. Economic is relating to economics or the economy. Socially, Canada was basically creating their own identity. Political changes basically help improve the law of Canada. Canada had learned how

to stand up for itself and decided its own battles, to a miniature degree. Economically, Canada basically did not move forward much. The changes in the economics experienced basically influenced Canada to its connection. Political, Social, and Economic events in Canada during 1914 to 1939 contributed to an improved sense of Canadian identity.

During the 19th and the early 20th centuries, Canadian women were trying to reform they society by fighting for rights include to vote, education, and job opportunities.

In 1920s, then there was a big change for women. Women were beginning the feminist move. Women become more open minded and basically lived in a better lifestyle as opposed to being restricted. Women became independent. Flapper had broke the rule of what women could do and structure of society. Women smoked, drank, and also took risk. Women’s were only allowed freely clothes to dance. The women began a new fashion. The women became into fashionable flappers. Women were called then called “Flappers”. (Presentation- Roaring 20s) The change in women’s fashion from the early 1900’s to the 1920’s, which also reflected the change in women’s attitudes that occurred leading up to this decade. Women began new fashion that was different from Gibson

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Women had short haircut called “bob” with simple clothing. Before World War 1, the women stayed home and cooked, cleaned, and take care of the children. Women were not allowed to work or hold the independence in the family. But after World War 1 broke out, many women had to work because they had to support their families. Women were taking on the men’s role in the society. Elsie MacGill was the first women to graduate with an engineering degree from a Canadian university. Later she design the World War 2 aircraft. In the Roarings, women were allowed to vote whenever they wanted to vote. In the early 1900s, the leaders such as Nellie McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, and Emily Murphy continued the fight for women’s rights to vote. (Pg.202- New book) In the beginning of 1916, women won the rights to vote. Women in the military were fighting in the war to get the rights to vote. Women Change contributes to Canadian identity because women became more open minded and lived a better lifestyle as opposed to being restricted. (Canadian Encyclopedia) The women's were being more independent and flappers. (https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/historpedia/home/personal-group-identities/women-in-the-roaring-twenties-fall-2012 )

One of the most successful political parties from the Depression were the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation, which was formed in the 1932s. CFC members wanted to take apart the free enterprise economic system, which they basically believed the cause of Depression. They basically wanted to introduce Socialism instead. The CFC were called: Crop insurance for farmers, Foreign policies that promoted peace and cooperation, Medical services for all, that are provided by the government.The Communist parties never gained the widespread support. People basically feared that their goals was to basically cause a revolution. Communists were mostly harassed by the police, and the people could also be arrested and were charged with being communist agitators. In 1935, Social Credit Party is reformed economic doctrine for a time in Canada. In 1935 federal election, Social Credit Party won 17 seats in the House of Commons, basically including 15 from Alberta and basically continued to be represented in the House of Commons over the following decades. The party gradually declined in Alberta. In the late 1930s, the party had abandoned to Douglas theory, Douglas theory was first promoted in the 1919s in the British socialist publication “The New Age”.

Economically, the Canadians had basically lost their money, the stock market crashed making a lot of citizens.

A lot of people also lost their jobs, and they were bullied on margin. Urbanization is a complex process in basically which country population trend to become larger. The growth of the cities depend on the technological innovations. The streetcar and the road systems were linked to the centre of the cities. (New book pg. 212) Canadians were no longer as self sufficient as they basically had been. They needed the services in the urban areas. Urban jobs helped afford basic necessities such as clothings, education, health care, and housing etc. Increasing number of customer demands that are required to move into urban regions such as in Toronto, Montreal. The service sector of the economy basically grew faster and quickly. (New book pg. 212) Producers and Manufactures moved near the urban areas, more working opportunities opened, there were more competition between people. Also most of the farmers moved from rural areas to urban areas. Communication lines were build, that allows connecting people together. The period after the WW1 there was a time of rapid technological change. In the 1920s, the radio and the movies became the popular media. Industries developed to meet the consumer. Telephone technology developed really quickly after Alexander Graham Bell, made the first telephone call in 1867. In the 1916, the first Canada call was made from Montreal to Vancouver,

even though it was routed through American systems. (New book pg. 212) In the 1920s, more of the Canadians could afford to buy the consumer goods. After paying for food, clothing, and shelter. Many of them did not had money to buy the products . Mass advertising campaigns in magazines and newspaper and on the billboard and the radios. In the 1920s, the catalogues became the largest publication. Pages of the new color images were designed to basically persuade the others/people to basically but the new product. Women's were usually the intended audience for these kind of catalogues. Canada basically did not gain much progress in obtaining their economic autonomy, but they were working really slowly.

In the end, Political, economics, and social contributed to Canadian identity through different kinds of events. All these events made Canada build a stronger outlook. Canada was able to become their own country for the most part being released from Britain’s grasp.Overall the three aspects helped contributed to Canadian identity.