jan 1, 1920 - Women in 1920s: * Flappers - wears bobbed hair, short skirts, smoke cigs, drink (symbolizes new freedom) * Margaret Sanger continues to advocate for the spread of birth control w/ "the pill" (illegal in US) !! 19th amendment not much impact b/c women vote like husbands/fathers * Divorce rate increase (1 in 6); laws allow women to divorce easier !!Feminist movement declines (19th amend, flappers, differing goals, decline of Progressivism)
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jan 1, 1920
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~ 106 years ago