Essays Tagged: "Gibson Girl"

The Accuracy of the Portrayal of the 1920s Woman in "The Great Gatsby".

s the loosening of restrictions on women. By this decade, "Victorianism and the turn of the century Gibson Girl were out, and in her place was a saucy, booze-drinking, cigarette smoking, modern women" ...

(7 pages) 71 0 4.1 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Flappers essay

t caused so much controversy. Flappers changed all standards of society.Flappers first emerged from Gibson Girls which were depictions of women drawn mostly in the 1890s. They were named after Charles ...

(7 pages) 16 0 0.0 Jan/2012

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Roaring Decade of Women

up and even voted. Before the start of World War I, the most common fashion trend was known as the Gibson Girl. They wore their hair loosely on top of her head, long skirts, and high collared shirts ... deserved. Women experienced extreme new ways to express the new woman that they strived to be. The Gibson girl was no longer the image that every girl wanted to follow. Women strove to be socially eq ...

(7 pages) 21 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers