Flappers in the 1920s

      Before the First World War America's women were known as Gibson Girls, they wouldn't date but instead wait for the perfect man to satisfy their needs. When WWI started most of the young men went off to war, and a lot did not come back. The women during the war took the man's place as the U.S. work force. These huge changes effected U.S. society in a huge way that would lead to a more modern America. When the men came back from the war there were not nearly enough to satisfy the Gibson Girl women's needs, so they decided to just live their lives and enjoy themselves. Thus the flapper was created.

   
       Flappers were first known as women who were still a bit awkward when they danced or moved around, but later changed to a young more foolish girl who would go to dances and parties. The women's image also changed in the 1920's. Instead of wearing long hair and dresses they wore short colorful skirts and cut their hair back in a style called a Shingle or Eton cut. The women also started to use makeup, and lipstick which both became very popular in the 1020s. their attitude became extremely different from the older women of the early 20th century. They were more reckless and took more risks, fast living was the new thing as well as being more sexual towards men.
   
       The age of the flappers had a good run, but ended as quickly as it started in the late 1920s when the stock market crashed and sent the world into the great depression; however, the flapper's changes during that time period continued to change women throughout the next couple of decades.   

 By Cordel Bever
Sources: 
1.http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/flappers.htm
2.https://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/his1005/2010/06/28/flappers/