Promiscuous Girls

Flappers were the rebels of women in the 1920s. The term flapper originated in Great Britain were women would wear rubber galoshes (an oversize shoe worn in the rain or snow) left open to flap when they would walk.They were the counter culture of society at the time. They didnt want to be conservatives like other women. Their style was to wear shorter dresses and they would tape down their breast to get a more boyish look. They also wore an excessive amount of make up.They wore corsets when they went dancing.

They smoked, drank, danced and went to many parties. Before the 1920s long hair was the mark of a respectable lady so they cut their hair really short.They loved to dance to jazz music.They would take a lot of risks. They were more assertive than most of the other passive women they had "back bone". They tried diets to achieve a fashionable thiness, because new fashions required slim waist, figures and chests.

Some people felt threatned by flappers, so as their dresses began to get shorter several states made laws charging fines to women wearing skirts with hemlines three inches above the ankle. Many employers fired women who bobbed their hair. They treated sex in a casual matter. The flappers had their own slang which is still used in American english slang. They wore a lot of jewlery and rimmed glasses. In conclusion, these women have changed the style of ordinary American women across the nation.