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Fashions reveal changing roles
The "S-Bend Look," the extra slim waist achieved by a tight corset.
Compare the gender role implications suggested by the
1920s Flapper style, and the late 19th century S-Bend.
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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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Women's fashions, 1927
Middle/upper class
Washing and filling basin and pitcher
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1920s kitchen equipped with stove in "designer" colors and a washing machine
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A lady and her lady's maid
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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
A teacher and her pupils
Telephone switchboard operators
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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