may 30, 1929 - Flapper Election

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One year after the Equal Franchise Act of 1928 was passed, women participated in their first general election on May 30th, 1929. This was the first general election in which women of the ages of 21 to 29 were able to vote. It was known as the “Flapper Election” due to the fashion and style of the women of that time period. Women of these young ages would wear short skirts, listen to jazz, cut their hairs into bobs, and act in a way ‘proper’ woman should not have been acting. This was a way for younger women to branch out from all the women from generations before them. It was a way for them to be able to be unique in their own and not be confided to the women of their pasts. Since 1918, women over the age of 30 were allowed to vote. This was unfair to younger women who were able to speak for themselves. Young women also wanted to be able to be heard so this was their way of acting out, and soon, being able to vote. Women were then known to be their own person.

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