Women

• Flappers


  • Young women in the 1920s who defied traditional gender norms through their fashion, behaviour and lifestyle
• Birth Control Movement


  Social and political movement advocating for access to contraception and reproductive rights
• Birth Control Movement


  1920-40
• 75% women lost jobs between 1933-41
• After World War 2, more women were employed in 'traditionally male' jobs
• The New Deals brought little change for women
• Women faced unequal wages and low pay
• More women were employed and receiving degrees
• Women became more involved in politics