Graded Assignment

Planning a Research Paper

To organize your research, gather your note cards into groups by subtopic. Use your notes to create a
thesis statement and to put your ideas in the form of a formal outline. Both a thesis statement and a
formal outline are necessary planning tools for writing a research paper.
Remember: You need to complete the assignment by the due date to receive full credit.
(10 points)
1. Write the thesis statement you have chosen for your research paper. Be sure to
write it in one or two complete sentences.
Answer: !What changes did the "#$%s bring about for women& is my topic'
In the 1920s! "omen began to gro" more independent.
(60 points)
2. Write a formal outline for your research paper. Use your organized note cards
as the basis for your outline. (emember to begin with a title and to follow all the
formatting procedures. )ou may refer to the *odel +ormal ,utline page to help with
the format.
Answer:
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Womens growing independence during the 1920s
In the 1920s, female independence increased. Women were able to prove to men that
they were just as capable of maintainin the home while they were away. !his new independence
would chane the role of womens lives forever "#cho$ #ver, ever, ever%.
WWI was the major factor that caused women to join the wor&force durin the 1920s.
!his allowed women a taste a freedom they never had before. !hey were no loner tied to their
constant chores and child raisin 2'(), *+,, li&e their mothers and ancestors before them. !hey
were allowed to earn an income for their families, learn new s&ills, and e-panded on their social
lives.
!here were many new opportunities for women to wor&. .ost women had what people
thouht of as /feminine0 jobs, such as teachin and nursin, but there was also a hih demand
for jobs that re1uired hard wor& and heavy liftin. In the year 1920, women had already become
a bi part of the wor&force, bein about 2* 2.
3lon with now bein able to wor&, women had new social and political freedoms.
Women not only bean drin&in and smo&in in public, but they had also chaned their once
modest style to a more dramatic and promiscuous style. 4ports also become a popular and
common thin for women to do.
3fter many years of not bein able to spea& their minds "without conse1uence%, women
were iven the riht to vote. 5n 3uust 16, 1920, the 19
th
amendment was ratified. !his made
women feel li&e they had more power and a more important purpose in the society. 4oon after
the 19
th
amendment was ratified for womens riht to vote, a new amendment was written. !his
new amendment was called /!he #1ual 7ihts 3mendment0, or /#730. !he Equal Rights
Amendment stated, "Men and women shall hae equal rights throughout the !nited "tates
and eer# place su$%ect to its %urisdiction&" ERA was presented in eer# session o'
(ongress 'rom 192) to 19*2, until it was passed& +n 19,), the ERA was rewritten and
du$$ed the "Alice -aul Amendment&., a'ter Alice -aul, a mem$er o' the National
American Woman Suffrage Association "Equalit# o' rights under the law shall not $e
denied or a$ridged $# the !nited "tates or $# an# state on account o' se/&", is what the new
amendment read&
3lthouh most men and elderly thouht the 8ibson 8irl loo& personified ideal beauty
and femininity, many women bean to disaree. Womens clothin style started to chane
drastically in the early 1920s. It went from 9on hair, lon s&irts, and no ma&eup, to short hair,
short s&irts, and use of ma&eup. In the city of :ew ;or&, barbers and hairdressers businesses
were busier than ever. It was once reported that up to 2,000 people per day had ot their hair cut.
!he short bobbed hairstyles could be worn many ways, with a hat, curled, straiht, etc. !he
bobbed hairstyle eventually led to the invention of the bobby pin.
4ince the new style chanes, womens hobbies chaned too. <urin the 8ibson 8irl era,
women would only be able to do activities that were considered /feminine0 and had a low ris& of
ettin hurt. !hese activities included playin tennis, olf, and bicyclin. When the =lapper loo&
came around, women felt freer and bean to pic& up more activities. 4ome women even played
sports, such as baseball.
3nother popular activity that women participated in was dancin. In 192,, a man named
/7o-y0 7othafel brouht a roup called the /7o-yettes0 to perform as his !heatre in :ew ;or&
>ity. !hey later chaned their name to the /7oc&ettes0. !he 7oc&ettes were a roup of tall dar&
haired women, who loved to dance. !he most popular dance at the time was the />harleston0.
In the early 20s, radio broadcasts had become more widely spread. Women would star
on comedy shows, voice their opinions, play music, or just dance, even thouh they couldnt be
seen. .any popular ja?? siners started on the radio, such as .a 7ainy. !hey all hoped that they
would et noticed by producers to possibly act in movies or to boost their career.
3 total transformation happened to women throuhout the 1920s. !he world had opened
its doors to women@ they had embraced all the newfound freedoms. Women felt freer to e-press
themselves in many different ways, as they chaned the lives of future enerations.
I appreciate all the womens sufferin before me that allows me to wear pants, play
sports, and to pretty much do whatever I want. Anfortunately, society does still feel that women
are the primary child careiver and home tenderers. !he added role of a full time job can
sometimes overwhelm the wife, mother, and wor&er, especially a sinle mother. !here are so
many more sinle mothers as society /proresses0. =or my mother, who chose to o to collee,
et married, have children, and then be a stay at home mom, society is so used to moms wor&in
and ta&in on these responsibilities that she is sometimes frowned at by people for choosin to
stay home with my brother and I. 4ome thin& that she is not usin her individual full potential.
Because of proress, she is e-pected to /be more0.
I often feel that may even choose not to be a wife or mother. I am career oriented and
have much I would li&e to achieve in my lifetime.
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12 .ay 201'. Dhttp$((history1900s.about.com(od(1920s(a(flappers.htmE.