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Author:

Gourley, Catherine, 1950-

Title:

Flappers and the new American woman : perceptions of women from 1918 through the 1920s / Catherine Gourley.

Publisher:

Twenty-First Century Books,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

144 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Women--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Women--United States--Social conditions--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Women--United States--Social life and customs--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Popular culture--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Nineteen twenties--Juvenile literature.
Women--United States--History--20th century.
Women--United States--Social conditions--20th century.
Women--United States--Social life and customs--20th century.
Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
Nineteen twenties.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-139) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: Armistice Day, November 11, 1918 -- Modern girls and the media -- Happy housewives and delicate women -- Morals and manners -- Beauty in the eye of the beholder -- The backlash against modern times -- Epilogue: Change and continuity and what comes next.

Summary:

After the end of World War I in 1918, the Flapper shocked society by flagrantly defying the traditional passive and gentile image of femininity. She danced the Charleston, with bared knees, bobbed hair--and without a corset! The New American Woman also danced--though to a more sedate tune. She represented Mrs. Consumer, more aware of her decision-making ability and her purchasing power than her mother had ever been. And she was, for the first time ever, a fully enfranchised citizen who cast her vote in the polling booth. The media of the times influenced women's paths: magazine advertisements showed them how to dress and how to look younger to please their husbands; books advised them on proper etiquette and how to be truly beautiful; and movies offered entree to exotic new worlds. Many, however, looked beyond the stereotypes, using their new-found power and abilities to fight for a variety of causes.--From publisher description.

Series:

Images and issues of women in the twentieth century ; v. 2

ISBN:

0822560607 (lib. bdg.)
9780822560609 (lib. bdg.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)71243984

LCCN:

2006028983

Locations:

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

HNPC845 -- Hawarden Public Library (Hawarden)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

BWPD851 -- Bertha Bartlett Public Library (Story City)