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Youth Sets the scene for the 1920’s

Youth Sets the scene for the 1920’s. By Conshea Brown and Jessica Thomas. idolizing the young. Why did America idolize the young? Because of the nation’s growing fascination with youth, businesses decided to sell products that promised youth vitality . Gibson girl. Gibson Girl

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Youth Sets the scene for the 1920’s

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  1. Youth Sets the scene for the 1920’s By Conshea Brown and Jessica Thomas

  2. idolizing the young • Why did America idolize the young? • Because of the nation’s growing fascination with youth, businesses decided to sell products that promised youth vitality

  3. Gibson girl • Gibson Girl • long flowing hair • Covered legs • Emphasized womanly figure • Early 1900’s

  4. Flapper • Flapper • Bobbed hair • Showed legs

  5. Fashions for men and women Men • Ties • Driving gloves • Oxford bags • Raccoon coat • Hair was gelled back Women • Bobbed hair • Missing corset • Peekaboo hats • Short dresses

  6. Fads & fashions • New York starts to become known as the “fashion capital” • Jazz music • Started these things to get a change from the war • Vogue • Dancing such as the foxtrot, shimmy, Charleston • Bobbed hair • Silent films • Automobiles • Disney • Gangsters

  7. Fads and Fashions cont.

  8. Women rebel • In the 1920’s women started to rebel against society to gain intellectual independence • Trying to transition from old domestic ways of women • Some ways they rebelled were using profanity in public and smoking

  9. Schools • Americans kept children in schools because they didn’t depend on their wages like before • College numbers increased • New schools were built with huge gyms and laboratories

  10. Impact of fads • Changed society forever • Women and men were viewed differently than before • Women redefined their gender role. • Speakeasies started coming around • Jazz started booming • Nightclubs • Prohibition

  11. New youth culture • New youth culture was a social change in America because it shows how people changed in society during the 1920’s

  12. Thanks for watching

  13. Work cited page • American Odyssey • http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/sephirothbadazz/Reports/fads.html • https://sites.google.com/site/beccalj/1920%27s:fads • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ • http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/Mjg3WDI4Ng==/$%28KGrHqN,!hsE-SnJnY%28HBP4S3YHQSw~~60_35.JPG

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