Women's Role In The 1920s

The 1920’s were an age of dramatic social and political change (“The Roaring Twenties”). For many years women weren’t allowed to fulfill many roles until the 1920’s came to be. For one thing, women earned the right to vote with the 19th amendment. However, another different topic, one of supposed fashion, was also popular. Women focused on the image of a flapper, where they wore short skirts, cut their hair into a bobbed style, and smoked, while leading a new lifestyle. Overall three topics that show the importance of the 1920’s are influential women, the 19th Amendment, and women’s life. All these topics explain how women took on new roles and influence that age.

Speaking of playing roles in the 1920’s society, these women certainly did. For instance, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald was a famous flapper who married F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby. She struggled against her traditional southern upbringing and its societal restrictions to create a new, independent identity not just for herself, but for all American women (Willett, Ericka). Zelda is still an influence in modern society today. Her name even inspired Shigeru Miyamoto to create the first-person role-playing game called The Legend of Zelda. Another influential woman was Gertrude Ederle. On her second

Since women were working more, they had the opportunity to help with the war efforts. Working women increased by twenty-five percent during WWI. As women started to receive more and more freedoms, they began to work more and some even started going to college. The amount of women attending college rose by ten percent. The jobs that they did were factory workers, secretaries, sales clerks, and telephone operators. To top everything off, women got the right to vote and earned the rights they truly