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The American scene in the 1920s featured a widespread expansion of women's roles, starting with the vote in 1920, and including new standards of education, employment and control of their own sexuality. "Flappers" raised the hemline and lowered the old restrictions in women's fashion. The Italian-American media disapproved.
Labor feminism was a women's movement in the United States that emerged in the 1920s, focused on gaining rights in the workplace and unions. Labor feminists advocated for protectionist legislation and special benefits for women, a variant of social feminism .
African American women were stuck doing domestic work for $3-$7 a week compared to white women earning up to $40 a week in factories. [25] Furthermore, propaganda such as Rosie the Riveter presented a narrow view of working women: white, beautiful, and motivated by patriotism rather than economic necessity. [ 24 ]
During the 1930s, women's clubs hosted programs in concert with the Works Progress Administration. [46] When World War II broke out, women's clubs were involved in volunteering. [23] In 1964, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, then, in 1966, the National Organization for Women (NOW) was formed, [47] and women's clubs again grew in size. [23]
In the 21st century, women have achieved greater representation in prominent roles in American life. The study of women's history has been a major scholarly and popular field, with many scholarly books and articles, museum exhibits, and courses in schools and universities. The roles of women were long ignored in textbooks and popular histories ...
The referendum failed 36.76 to 63.24. Women were allowed to vote on the measure, however, only 4% of them did so. [170] Brewers and distillers, typically rooted in the German-American community, opposed women's suffrage, fearing – not without justification – that women voters would favor the prohibition of alcoholic beverages. [171]
1920s: The Spanish Flu. In the fall of 1918, a mutated version of the virus that claimed its first victims in the spring made its way around the world, causing the death rate to escalate quickly ...
The ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920, which recognized women's suffrage was the last amendment during the progressive era. [206] Another significant constitutional change that began during the progressive era was the incorporation of the Bill of Rights so that those rights would apply to the states.