Flapper is an interesting read about the Jazz Age and the women who rejected the original
roles that their mothers and grandmothers did. These young girls took on a more masculine
lifestyle; the girls smoked frequently, drank, and wore short hair. But their behavior did not
relinquish their feminine ways, it provided an adaptation to society to what a woman should be
and what a woman should not be. The flapper modeled herself in opposite to the 'Victorian Ideal',
which was apparent in her appearance. The new woman wore dresses that came above her
knees and which restricted the woman's breathing to the point where she could only take small
steps to walk. With here lengthy scarves and high heels, the flapper was always ready to party. …show more content…
He covers racism, feminism, sex, literature, and
economics. History should always be this interesting. The time when the advertising industry and
the media begins to learn its ability to manipulate, almost everything in America was desperate
for change. Female athletes, excused from Victorian styles, had begun to manifest. Dating and
relationships left from the family homes, and sexual freedom slowly began to slowly change.
By modern standards, the flapper is mostly conservative and for the most part, history has
represented her as a bizarre thing at the time. Zeitz thinks the seemingly superficial lifestyle of
the flapper was actually the start of modern development, not only for women, but society in
general. Zeitz's engaging history explores beneath the surface the short-lived woman and finds
out that she was in fact the key to change in the 1900s.
This book provides lots of detailed information about the 1900s. In addition, the book
showed how the image of feminity was changing from the old Victorian notions and how they
influenced women and relationships, dressed, and how they viewed their own future. The
roles that their mothers and grandmothers did. These young girls took on a more masculine
lifestyle; the girls smoked frequently, drank, and wore short hair. But their behavior did not
relinquish their feminine ways, it provided an adaptation to society to what a woman should be
and what a woman should not be. The flapper modeled herself in opposite to the 'Victorian Ideal',
which was apparent in her appearance. The new woman wore dresses that came above her
knees and which restricted the woman's breathing to the point where she could only take small
steps to walk. With here lengthy scarves and high heels, the flapper was always ready to party. …show more content…
He covers racism, feminism, sex, literature, and
economics. History should always be this interesting. The time when the advertising industry and
the media begins to learn its ability to manipulate, almost everything in America was desperate
for change. Female athletes, excused from Victorian styles, had begun to manifest. Dating and
relationships left from the family homes, and sexual freedom slowly began to slowly change.
By modern standards, the flapper is mostly conservative and for the most part, history has
represented her as a bizarre thing at the time. Zeitz thinks the seemingly superficial lifestyle of
the flapper was actually the start of modern development, not only for women, but society in
general. Zeitz's engaging history explores beneath the surface the short-lived woman and finds
out that she was in fact the key to change in the 1900s.
This book provides lots of detailed information about the 1900s. In addition, the book
showed how the image of feminity was changing from the old Victorian notions and how they
influenced women and relationships, dressed, and how they viewed their own future. The