FLAPPERS

1.Why did the role of (some) women change?
When women started voting, some of them also started thinking by themselves, knowing they were capable of doing the same things as men and as good as them. So some of them started working, smoking and drinking, being free by wearing high heels and short skirts.

2. Analyse the following advertisement.

Advertisement for the Federal School of Commercial Designing (1917)

AMBITIOUS GIRL! Better sign up now, because the boys are all going "Over There," and soon you'll have to support yourself. But don't worry: even a girl can earn as much as a man, by becoming a graphic designer.
 
A. What is it about?

It is an advertisement for women to sign up for a job as a graphic designer. "Over There" is the army, because they were in war period, so women had to support themselves as the advertisement says
B. Do you agree with the sentence “even a girl can earn as much as a man”? Why?
I agree with that sentence because in those times, women earned much less than men, so "as much as men" sounded appealing.
C. Do you think women should support themselves? Why?
I think so, because if men are in the army, or if they aren't married, they should have a job and maintain themselves and maybe their children too, so if they don't work, it could be a problem. And nowadays, women are supposed to be independant, so they should choose whether to work or not, as men do.



3. Are you ready to walk in someone else’s shoes? Imagine what it was like to be a flapper in the Roaring Twenties. Choose a name, age, civil status, city, economic class, job... and describe your daily routine on a Friday.
I'm Coco Williams, and I'm 23. I'm single right now and I live in California. My family is kind of wealthy, but not much after all. I work as an assistant in an office, although I would prefer being the administrative. On Fridays, after working, I go home and I have lunch. I sleep some hours, and at seven, I put on my make-up and go to a speakeasy to have a nice time with my friends and some men, too.