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Flappers

Flappers where known for not only their style but also there attitudes, they drank heavily, they smoked, flappers danced new dances such as the charleston, they also used slang, drove fast, and freely took lovers and jobs.

Flappers wore short skirts and hats. They cut there hair off to there ears, put it in pin curls, and wore dark red lipstick. This was a very popular style with young women in the 20s.

Flappers held an important role in defing the new modern woman in the twentieth century

Flappers openly talked about sex, which was taboo in the years before. Flappers were more likely to have premarital sex , than others at the time.

Flappers displayed a disregard to morality and authority, An example of this is drinking during the prohibition, which they did often.

Flappers didnt share the posture with the women of earlier times. Flappers slouched, with their hand on their hips, which was different than the corseted women before.

Flappers liked to go out and party, where they drank, smoked and danced, dances such as the Charleston. They wore flashy dresses with no sleeves and slits in the back for dancing

The flapper image was credited to the writing of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the drawings of John Held Jr.