Fashions reveal changing roles
![](http://hermes.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/lctd/lctd_pix/concept/period/20cfirst/america/image_29.jpg)
The "S-Bend Look," the extra slim waist achieved by a tight corset.
![](http://hermes.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/lctd/lctd_pix/concept/period/20cfirst/america/image_30.jpg)
Compare the gender role implications suggested by the
1920s Flapper style, and the late 19th century S-Bend.
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![](http://hermes.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/lctd/lctd_pix/concept/period/20cfirst/america/image_31.jpg)
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![](http://hermes.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/lctd/lctd_pix/concept/period/20cfirst/america/image_32.jpg)
Compare the gender role implications suggested by the 1920s Flapper style (center),
and fashions of the preceding two decades (1900s and 1910s, above).
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![](http://hermes.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/lctd/lctd_pix/concept/period/20cfirst/america/image_33.jpg)
Women's fashions, 1927
Middle/upper class
![](http://hermes.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/lctd/lctd_pix/concept/period/20cfirst/america/image_34.jpg)
Washing and filling basin and pitcher
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![](http://hermes.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/lctd/lctd_pix/concept/period/20cfirst/america/image_35.jpg)
1920s kitchen equipped with stove in "designer" colors and a washing machine
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![](http://hermes.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/lctd/lctd_pix/concept/period/20cfirst/america/image_36.jpg)
A lady and her lady's maid
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![](http://hermes.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/lctd/lctd_pix/concept/period/20cfirst/america/image_37.jpg)
A Men's Club: no women permitted, except the nudes in the lavish paintings
Late 19th and early 20th century women's
work outside the home
![](http://hermes.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/lctd/lctd_pix/concept/period/20cfirst/america/image_38.jpg)
A teacher and her pupils
![](http://hermes.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/lctd/lctd_pix/concept/period/20cfirst/america/image_39.jpg)
Telephone switchboard operators
![](http://hermes.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/lctd/lctd_pix/concept/period/20cfirst/america/image_40.jpg)
The time is the 1930s-40s
What employment gender roles have remained the same? What's new?
Refer to the "Women's Roles" Report slides and Timeline to
observe changes in occupations and careers after WWI
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