WOMEN AT THE BEGINNING

OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Marriage at the 20th century

Divorce Contraceptive

pill

In the 1980s living

together.

Abortion

Small families

Birth ratesMarie Stopes

Single parents

Rising living standarts

House holds

Families and households

Owning properties

Marcia Meredith

Advantages

Literacy and education

PowerGender equality

Women´s independence

Equal voting rights?

• 19th amendment in 1920

• Men and women working together

• Bobbed hair = freedom

• 1929 Crisis

• Imployment privileges

Personalfreedoms.

Male activities

Fashion

Sexuality

New stiles

Materialism

Revolution

Public life

Cultural

changes

A significant shift took place in the

emotional culture. Fisical appareance

gained importance.

Sexuality

Influenced by:

•Urbanization

•Technological change

•The mass media

Conclusion

Personal Growth

Increasing power

Change in roles

IndependenceMass Media Influences

Bibliography• Images:

• https://openclipart.org/detail/181708/lady-at-makeup-table

• https://openclipart.org/detail/24938/tv-black-and-white

• https://openclipart.org/detail/188722/magazine-pictogram

• https://openclipart.org/detail/185076/house-in-a-hand

• https://openclipart.org/detail/188455/lady-in-a-corse

• https://openclipart.org/detail/181688/coy-woman

• https://openclipart.org/detail/161935/sad-family

• https://openclipart.org/detail/214383/stereotyp

• https://openclipart.org/detail/181752/woman-holding-money

• https://openclipart.org/detail/159619/woman-and-her-brelly

• https://openclipart.org/detail/181690/winking-woman

• https://openclipart.org/detail/181707/lady-in-hair-dryer

• https://openclipart.org/detail/213630/ballot-womans-hand

• https://openclipart.org/detail/213627/ballot-vote

• Facts:

• http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/marriage-and-divorce

• http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/theme/home-family

• The (Im)morality of the New Woman in the Early 20th Century. Theory and Practice in English Studies 4 (2005): Proceedings from the Eighth Conference of British, American and Canadian Studies.

• The girl on the magazine cover by Carolyne Kitch.