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For women, skirts became longer and the waist-line was returned up to its normal position. Other aspects of fashion from the 1920s took longer to phase out. Cloche hats remained popular until about 1933 while short hair remained popular for many women until late in the 1930s and even in the early 1940s. The Great Depression took its toll on the ...
The 1920s saw the emergence of the co-ed, as women began attending large state colleges and universities. Women entered into the mainstream middle-class experience, but took on a gendered role within society. Women typically took classes such as home economics, "Husband and Wife", "Motherhood" and "The Family as an Economic Unit".
The targeting of women in tobacco advertising led to higher rates of smoking among women. In 1923 women only purchased 5% of cigarettes sold; in 1929 that percentage increased to 12%, in 1935 to 18.1%, peaking in 1965 at 33.3%, and remained at this level until 1977. [7]
The population of women increased by two thirds between 1890 and 1920 and the literacy rate jumped to 94% in 1920. Both of these demographic shifts increased the audience for women's magazines. The most popular women's magazine, Ladies' Home Journal, had 25,000 readers by the end of its first year. The reach of these women's magazines meant ...
Historians of women and of youth emphasize the strength of the progressive impulse in the 1920s. [150] Women consolidated their gains after the success of the suffrage movement, and moved into causes such as world peace, [151] good government, maternal care (the Sheppard–Towner Act of 1921), [152] and local support for education and public ...
America in the 1930s Extensive library of projects on America in the Great Depression from American Studies at the University of Virginia The 1930s Timeline year by year timeline of events in science and technology, politics and society, culture and international events with embedded audio and video.
1930s in women's sport (23 C) W. Women in war 1900–1945 (3 C, 109 P) Pages in category "1930s in women's history" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of ...
With women's suffrage—the right for women to vote—at its peak with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 18, 1920, and the entrance of the free-spirited flapper, women began to take on a larger role in society and culture. With women now taking part in the work force after the end of the First World War there were now many ...