Essays Tagged: "Flapper"
A look at the moral crisis of the 1920s - specifically: prohibition, fundamentalism, and the new women known as "flappers".
m versus Modernism occurred in the south, there was another change that occurred in the cities: The Flappers. In the 1920s, a new generation of woman was born (well, they were born before then, - it w ... ced, and voted. She cut her hair, wore make-up, and went to petting parties." (About.com) She was a Flapper.During World War I, while the young men were in Europe surrounded by death, fighting for the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
This is about the Flapper Era (1920's) and the sexual revolution for women when they became independent and started in the workforce.
pean war and had been on the winning side. The farmboys returned home, itching to live in the city. Flappers were bobbing their hair, rolling down their stockings, raising their hemlines and wearing m ... utiful not for herself, but for a man. In conjunction with the "Sexual Revolution" the image of the flapper emerged. She was a powerful individual with sexual allure, who thought she was truly liberat ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies
From Hair to Wear in the 1920's.
tarted dressing in an outrageous manner, and attracting a lot of attention. These women were called flappers; they wore shocking outfits, lots of make-up, cut their hair, and openly smoked and drank.O ... , lots of make-up, cut their hair, and openly smoked and drank.One of the greatest things about the flapper look was that it was attainable for all. It was cheap, weather you were rich or poor you cou ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies
This paper is about why the 1920's was an influencial decade.
Why the 1920=s Was One of The Most Influential DecadesAIt was during what we might call the Flapper period, or the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties that American popular culture began to captu ... these factors made the 1920=s the most dominant decade of the millennium.Among the uproar with the flapper and young American girls= rebelliousness, American women were making advances in other field ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The Roaring Twenties
their legs and knees. The wearing of what were considered skimpy beach wear in public could get the Flappers, as they were known, arrested for indecent exposure. They wore silk stockings rolled just a ... nd short skirts "are born of the devil they are carrying the present generation to destruction".The Flappers also went out without a man to look after them, went to all-night parties, drove motor cars ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Prohibition in the 1920s
1920-1930, describes the Roaring 20s, which was a.frivolous, free wheeling decade when ladies wore flapper gowns and bobbed their hair. Men started to engage in business affairs, such as the Stock Ma ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Were the 1920's an era of social and cultural rebellion?
s of Victorian roles they had played in the past. In an effort to become modern and masculine, the "flapper" led to newly recognized rights for females in the male fields. The flappers showed their re ... 20's was not an era of social and cultural rebellion, and bring up the opinion that the dresses the flappers wore were efforts to save money. (Shannon) This is possible, but in order to feel completel ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Tatyana
I handed her 5 pieces of multi-colored paper. I told her we were going to make a vocabulary flapper book. I gave her the instructions and the reading excerpt, then she got started. Right off, ... erpt, and picked out eight words that she had difficulty on. She wrote one word on each page of the flapper book, and then went to work to figure out what they meant. First, she looked at the pictures ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
Article: set up like you are in the 1920s............ " A Flappers Apeal to Parents"
A Flapper is one who flaunts disorderly conduct and dress.There are many degrees of flapper. There is ... s one who flaunts disorderly conduct and dress.There are many degrees of flapper. There is the semi-flapper; the flapper; the superflapper. Each of these three main general divisions has its degrees o ... wonder if it ever occurred to any of you that it required brains to become and remain a successful flapper? Indeed it does! It requires an enormous amount of cleverness and energy to keep going at th ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
Fashion/ Style Changes occurred in the city Flappers
anced, and voted. She cut her hair, wore make-up, and went to petting parties. She was known as the flapper. Flappers challenged all modern perceptions of what it was proper for a woman to do. Flapper ... g and their dances were more risqué. Traditionally, women wore their hair very long, but the flapper was characterized as having a short weave or bob as they called it back then. They danced ne ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
The Roaring Twenties.
shown by the feminine movements during this time. In an effort to become modern and masculine, the "flapper" led to newly recognized rights for females in the male fields. The flappers showed their re ... 20's was not an era of social and cultural rebellion, and bring up the opinion that the dresses the flappers wore were an effort to save money. (Shannon) This is possible, but in order to feel complet ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Flappers in the 1920's
women decided to not to idly wait around but to go out and enjoy life. These women were considered flappers.Samuel Crowther believed that through flappers, women showed they were also able to be inde ... independent. Many women were often doing better work than the men in jobs. The generation of young flappers made much headway for the up and coming generations. Challenging all modern perceptions of ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Women In The 20s
The Roaring Twenties: THE FLAPPER at the Forefront of An American Era of Moral, Political, Social and Cultural Reform "The Fla ... a of Moral, Political, Social and Cultural Reform "The Flapper" by Dorothy Parker The playful flapper here we see, The fairest of the fair - She's not what Grandma used to be "“ You might s ... These speakeasies became a favorite hangout for the "modern woman" of the 1920's, known as a flapper, a heavily made-up young woman who drank, smoked cigarettes, cursed, and was sexually active ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Australian society Between The Wars - 1920-1938
Entertainment:The "roaring twenties" was a big move for contemporary fashion in Australian society. Flapper fashion included all styles of modern fashion. "Flappers", (or "Garconne" in French) had sle ... enties had been only for the wealthy and well-to-do people. However, it was much simpler to produce flapper fashion than the earlier fashions because it was more simple, and this led to the majority o ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History
Flappers essay
5/8/10Flappers Final DraftThe Flapper Era emerged as part of the Roaring 1920s. Flappers represented a new ... ng 1920s. Flappers represented a new kind of girl. Younger generations mostly grasped a hold to the flapper lifestyle. The flapper style was so extremely different from previous styles, which was why ... style was so extremely different from previous styles, which was why it caused so much controversy. Flappers changed all standards of society.Flappers first emerged from Gibson Girls which were depict ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The Struggle to Maintain Individuality
elieve that the biggest examples of a different mindset and attitude towards societal norms are The Flappers and homosexuality. The flappers were a group of women in the 1920's who disagreed with soci ... a "woman" at the time. Women were described as lady like, housewives, fully clothed and so on. The flappers had a different attitude towards this and therefore, made a choice to be who they wanted to ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology
The Roaring Decade of Women
s emerged a new bread of women.As a result to all the changes in women and their fashion, the term "flapper" was created to describe the women who flaunted their new style. Flappers were recognized fo ... ns, their scandalous attire but most of all their desire for equality with males. "The image of the flapper was that of a young woman who frequented jazz clubs at night to dance provocatively, smoke c ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers