Women

Question 1

When did women get the vote?

Answer 1

1920 - 19th amendment

Question 2

Name a suffrage group

Answer 2

North American Women Suffrage Association (1890)

Question 3

How many women served in the US army?

Answer 3

90,000

Question 4

Women’s roles in the war

Answer 4

Nurse, chemists, journalists and in transport

Question 5

First elected governor of state

Answer 5

Nellie Taylor Ross - 1924

Question 6

First female mayor

Answer 6

Bertha Knight

Question 7

Appearance before WW1

Answer 7

Restrictive clothing, long hair worn up and full length dresses

Question 8

Social role before WW1

Answer 8

•Couldn’t drive or play vigorous games
•Accompanied by a chaperone
•We’re not advised to drink or smoke

Question 9

Employment of women before WW1

Answer 9

Traditional “female” areas of work
- domestic services
- textiles
- teaching
- secretarial work

Question 10

Where were flappers mostly from?

Answer 10

Middle/upper classes from northern states

Question 11

What did flappers do?

Answer 11

Challenge traditional attitudes
- independent
- without chaperones
- drank, smoked in public
- drove cars and motorbikes
- short dresses and hair
- makeup

Question 12

Famous Flappers

Answer 12

Joan Crawford - actress

Clara Bow - ‘it girl’

Question 13

Where did flappers go?

Answer 13

Jazz clubs, speakeasies and dance halls

Question 14

Who did not enjoy the flapper lifestyle

Answer 14

Southern states, religious and social beliefs , working class could not afford

Question 15

What group apposed flappers

Answer 15

Anti - flirt league