The Role Of Flappers In The 1920's
The death and devastation that resulted from World War I gave birth to a rebellious mentality among American citizens who wanted to live their lives to the fullest. Flappers were a breed of new women in the 1920s that defied convention and attempted to redefine the female role. Women began to smoke cigars, test with sexual rules and disregard traditional Victorian etiquette. Prior to this era, females were governed by rigid regulations and robbed of their social, cultural and constitutional rights. The roaring 20s, a decade of cultural change, granted several females enough freedom to rebel against the submissive role that they had been subject to for centuries. Flappers received an inconceivable amount of negative and positive attention. Because
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Nancy Woloch. “Women and the American Experience.” (New York: Knopf Print, 1984.)
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