Women in the 1920s - America

In 1917, America entered World War I and the country started to increase production to cater to the war efforts needs. Factories and farms produced almost double the usual amounts of ammunition, food and weapons. This called for an increase in employment and since most men were overseas fighting in the war, women were called upon. This marked the beginning of a new era for women. This essay will evaluate how far the roles of women have changed and where the roles of women didn’t change. The main ways in which the roles of women changed were representation, jobs and culture and the main ways in which women’s roles didn’t change is the way females were viewed, African American women’s rights and the keeping of traditional beliefs.

 

Women were viewed inferior compared to men in the 1920s because traditionally they were expected to do domestic work, which was viewed as a job for inferior people.

Evidence is, the targeted advertising of electrical cleaning products specifically for women. The invention of the modern electrical vacuum cleaner and washing machine were all made for women to have an easier time to clean the house. These products were specifically targeted towards female consumers because of the stereotypical belief that it was the responsibility for women to do domestic work. The stereotype that women doing domestic work was largely known and implemented.

This explains why women were viewed inferior because a large percent of people, including companies which made cleaning products, believed that women were responsible for doing domestic work, which was viewed as work for inferior people and therefore specifically targeted them in advertising. 

Further evidence shows that even when the 19th Amendment was passed and women were given the rights to vote, women were not given political power and was denied the ability to make any decisions in Parliament. Their ideas were always viewed to be unreliable and cause a detrimental effect because people believed that the jobs, they did reflect on how they thought. 

This explains why women were inferior to men, as the stereotyped jobs they were expected to do made an impact on their political status, preventing people from trusting them from participating in political activity. People who did cleaning jobs, washing jobs and/or domestic work were thought to be incapable to do any other task, which is why women were neglected political power and their ideas seemed unreliable. 

However, during this time women were also seen as new, confident figures that did whatever they believed in and wanted. Women were more confident figures because many new opportunities, like disposable income, and the right to vote made them believe they were more independent and didn’t need to wait for men to make decisions for them. Women had represented themselves their way.

Affirmation of this is the rise of the ‘flapper’. The ‘flapper’ was a liberated, confident and carefree woman, that drank, smoked, drove a car, wore short skirts and cut their hair short. In the 1920s, this was wildly separate from the traditional norm and so many ‘flappers’ were considered to be ‘unfaithful’, but many young women were attracted to the freedom and carefree life a ‘flapper’ could live. By the mid-1920s, a large population of women in the United States were flappers.

This explains why women were more independent figures because they embraced their freedom and created a whole new culture for women that focused on self-embodiment, freedom and excitement.

1917年，美国进入第一次世界大战，该国开始增加产量，以满足战争的需要。 工厂和农场的产量几乎是通常弹药，食品和武器数量的两倍。 这要求增加就业，因为大多数男人在战争中海外战斗，女性被要求。 这标志着女性新时代的开始。 本文将评估女性角色的变化程度以及女性角色的变化。 妇女角色变化的主要方式是代表性，工作和文化以及妇女角色没有改变的主要方式是观看女性的方式，非洲裔美国妇女的权利和保持传统信仰。

 

在20世纪20年代，女性被视为与男性相比较为低劣，因为传统上她们被期望做家务，这被视为低人的工作。

有证据表明，专门针对女性的电动清洁产品的定向广告。 现代电动吸尘器和洗衣机的发明都是为女性制造的，以便更容易清洁房屋。 这些产品专门针对女性消费者，因为她们刻意认为女性从事家务劳动是一项责任。 妇女从事家务劳动的陈规定型观念在很大程度上是众所周知的。

这就解释了为什么女性被认为是低劣的，因为很大一部分人，包括制造清洁产品的公司，都认为女性负责做家务，这被视为对劣等人的工作，因此专门针对他们做广告。

进一步的证据表明，即使第19修正案获得通过，妇女也有投票权，妇女也没有获得政治权力，被剥夺了在议会作出任何决定的能力。 他们的想法总是被认为是不可靠的，并且会产生不利影响，因为人们相信这些工作，他们确实反思了他们的想法。

这就解释了为什么女性不如男性，因为他们所期望的刻板工作会影响他们的政治地位，阻止人们相信他们参与政治活动。 那些从事清洁工作，洗衣工作和/或家务劳动的人被认为无法完成任何其他任务，这就是为什么女性被忽视的政治权力，她们的想法似乎不可靠。

然而，在此期间，女性也被视为新的，自信的人物，他们做了他们所信仰和想要的任何事情。 女性更有自信，因为许多新的机会，如可支配收入和投票权使他们相信自己更加独立，不需要等待男性为他们做出决定。 妇女代表了自己的方式。

对此的肯定是“挡板”的兴起。  “挡板”是一个解放，自信，无忧无虑的女人，喝着，抽烟，开着车，穿着短裙，剪短了头发。 在20世纪20年代，这与传统规范大相径庭，许多“挡板”被认为是“不忠”，但许多年轻女性被“挡板”所能享受的自由和无忧无虑的生活所吸引。 到20世纪20年代中期，美国的大量女性都是剥夺者。

这就解释了为什么女性更加独立，因为她们拥抱自由，为女性创造了一种全新的文化，专注于自我体现，自由和兴奋。