Women of the 1920s
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Dr. Stephanie McKinneyWOMEN OF THE 1920S
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As we look at this iconic photograph, what does it tell us about the women?
What do we see here that we might not have seen in the 1890s?
WHAT HAS CHANGED FOR WOMEN?
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How do these
women…
UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY
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…become these
women?
UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY
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THE VOTE!
On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment granting women
the vote was became law.
UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY
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Higher education opens up to women from 1870-1920
UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITIES
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In 1920, Margaret Sanger took her censored newspaper column and turned it into a book, making information about birth control available to women for the first time.
UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY
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Improvements in public health due to:• Women are established in
nursing• Increasing numbers of
hospitals• Federal funding for
women’s health initiative• Maternal/child hygiene
movement• A lot of smart women
working really hard
UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY
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The bicycle gave women mobility they had not enjoyed before, and further changed fashion.
UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITIES
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And then there were cars…
UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY
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A girl could get around in a car…
UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY
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And new opportunities for socializing…
UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY
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What else were these enfranchised, educated, not-endlessly pregnant, healthy, mobile, socially sophisticated (or not) young ladies up to in
the 1920s?
WHAT ELSE?
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Performing Mexican identity on the streets of Los Angeles
LATINA-AMERICAN WOMEN
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Perhaps some messing around with boys…
LATINA-AMERICAN WOMEN
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And being flappers…
LATINA-AMERICAN WOMEN
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And going to segregated schools
LATINA-AMERICAN WOMEN
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Joined Marcus Garvey and the U.N.I.A
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN
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A social movement for the whole family…
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN
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Attending a football game at Howard University
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN
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Protesting lynching, busting trusts and other social reform
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN
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And then there was that other popular social movement of the
1920s…
ONE MORE…
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The revitalization of the Klan had opportunities for women too
WOMEN OF THE KLAN
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The NAACP came to Akron, Ohio in 1917, the Klan in 1921
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