Flappers were part of what is known as the Roaring Twenties. This

was a period of time when women were voting as much as men were. Also

this was a period when more women were out of the kitchens and working

in all of the men's jobs when the men were fighting out in World War I. But

of course, many of these working women lost their jobs when all of the

men came back from fighting in the war.

The flappers were different from the modern day women in the 1920's. They didn't stay

home and cook nor clean and they did not depend on the men to take care of everything. They

were more like rebellious and carefree women that did what they wanted. They wanted equality

with men, even in their relationships.

They denied the traditional way of life for women. But of course many of the older people

of the 1920's thought that that new lifestyle and that new fashion those flappers had was a way

of rebellion and they dissaproved of them. They way their attitude and behavior was, was more

carefree and rebellious than the way of modern women of that time would have acted. They

changed their fashion and way of life which older people dissaproved of. Women cut their hair off

to the point where it was really short. They also started wearing lots of makeup; many elderly

people called them white nosed women. Flappers would also smoke ciggarettes and drink alcohol

at clubs. These women chose this lifestyle because they thought of it as like a way of their

freedom and their independence. But not all flappers dressed or acted that way, and not all

American women were flappers. Overall, the flappers were one of the big symbols of the Roaring

Twenties.