The world’s deadliest war has just taken place. World War I, a war which had taken the lives of 17 million people, finally came to an end with the defeat of the central powers. Devastating not just to Europe, but the entire world. Morale was gone, people were mentally and physically exhausted from the war's destructive nature. The people of Europe had to rebuild their nations and start a new. With the help of America, Europe began to rebuild, America’s economy boosted from the selling of goods to the European nations affected by the war. This boost in sales allowed for a time of prosperity, where people had jobs and earned wages that could support their families. Along with jobs, more leisure time increased. People began to spend their money…show more content… In Joshua Zeitz’s essay The Roaring Twenties, he talks about how the elected presidents at the time were still very imbued with the idea of “normalcy” meaning laissez-faire. Laissez-faire was the idea of the federal government to stay out of the economy. This idea of the economy was popular during the industrial revolution, where big business dominated over the economy. The new ideas of the economy had not spread to everywhere. Especially not to the federal government. And not just the views of economics in the federal government stayed the same, but same went for women’s idea of what was acceptable. Module 8.3.3 The 1920s: Liberal Backlash agrees with the statement of women ideology stayed the same. The Module states that upper-class women stayed with the traditional Victorian Era ideas. Not all women became flappers. The older generations and the upper-class women tended to be more conservative in how they dressed and acted. While flappers were generally the young women of the decade. Although these conservatism ideas were alive and well in the 20s, it did not make them a revolution because these ideas had been around for ages and not a new…show more content… Flappers were the “New Women.” The idea that women do not have to participate in the society's norm. These women dressed in shorter dresses wore their hair in new styles like the bun or short cut. These dresses were unlike the ones of the Victorian Era style and the hair instead of long, it was cut short or put in a bun. These women were rebels to the older generations, Defying the idea of proper feminism and not in agreement at all to the cult of domesticity. The cult of domesticity was the idea that women's role was in the home. The best women had four characteristics: piety, purity, domesticity, and submissiveness. Generally, flappers were young women from the middle class. This new generation had a new revised version of what feminism should look like. Advocating for social equality. Women could enjoy the pleasures of life like any man could. This idea of women enjoying sex was new and shocking. With the accessibility of birth control and other products to help prevent pregnancy, women did not have to fear the chance of a child. This was one of many of the new ideas expressed by the flappers. Flappers were new and open of their beliefs. No matter what it was concerning, for example, smoking and drinking were a very open action done by the flappers. The “New Women” ideas were strangely new and many believed it was a connected to prostitution. The changed appearance of women established a new character for
