When this time of change was happening, the women of this time were changing as well. The flapper dared all of the old values and made the Victorian values seem to be a thing of the past when they dressed in daring attire and challenged values of the “norm”. So, was she a heroine, that brought social equality of women to the picture. Or the antagonist of the nineteen twenties, that showed the nasty side of women of the time and made everyone cringe when they looked at her? This article seems to explain both sides of this point.
She was the “modern” woman of the post World War 1 time. She challenged her parents values to the fullest extent to show how old fashioned they were. Her Victorian era parents were not very accepting of this lifestyle, because now, it showed that the men could take the women out instead of having the parents have a watchful eye on her in the parlor of the home. She would also drive too, and my picture above shows the “modern” woman getting into the Ford vehicle. She challenged society by getting a job, showing that women could work alongside of the men. After the men returned home from war, the women took the jobs that the men had no such interest in, and gave them the buying power to buy things such as vacuums, irons and washing machines, and other time saving products.
Now I am onto the point of my topic where I shift the viewpoint to antagonist. My viewpoint of this is she was a cultural revolutionist and worked hard for what she wanted, but I have to take the side of the parents on this one to show both sides of the story to everyone. The parents of this time were most likely born in the late 1800’s, and of that time, women were to do the housework, and all the stereotypical “woman” things. This stuck with them for the rest of the time towards the end of the 1920’s and had reunited the women as mother and daughter again, and they could openly discuss topics that were forbidden before to talk about when they were in the home setting. Although they were first against it, some of the older generation actually envied the freeness of this way of life, and wanted to change from the restraints of Victorian life.
She was the “modern” woman of the post World War 1 time. She challenged her parents values to the fullest extent to show how old fashioned they were. Her Victorian era parents were not very accepting of this lifestyle, because now, it showed that the men could take the women out instead of having the parents have a watchful eye on her in the parlor of the home. She would also drive too, and my picture above shows the “modern” woman getting into the Ford vehicle. She challenged society by getting a job, showing that women could work alongside of the men. After the men returned home from war, the women took the jobs that the men had no such interest in, and gave them the buying power to buy things such as vacuums, irons and washing machines, and other time saving products.
Now I am onto the point of my topic where I shift the viewpoint to antagonist. My viewpoint of this is she was a cultural revolutionist and worked hard for what she wanted, but I have to take the side of the parents on this one to show both sides of the story to everyone. The parents of this time were most likely born in the late 1800’s, and of that time, women were to do the housework, and all the stereotypical “woman” things. This stuck with them for the rest of the time towards the end of the 1920’s and had reunited the women as mother and daughter again, and they could openly discuss topics that were forbidden before to talk about when they were in the home setting. Although they were first against it, some of the older generation actually envied the freeness of this way of life, and wanted to change from the restraints of Victorian life.