These Fabulous Facts About Flappers Prove they Made the 20s Roar

1. They Showed the Necessity of Change

In the 1920s, the struggle was between Victorian values and post-war prosperity and feminism. Today, it is between baby boomers and millennials. Flappers showed that traditional values may have their place, but society is always in flux and people need to be willing to adapt.

Where Did We Get This Stuff? Here Are Our Sources:

History 101 – Flappers: Today’s Heroes, Yesterday’s Villains

Wise Geek – What Was the Flapper Era?

The Guardian – The 1920s: ‘Young Women Took the Struggle for Freedom into Their Personal Lives’

History – How Flappers of the Roaring Twenties Redefined Womanhood

National Public Radio – When ‘Petting Parties’ Scandalized the Nation

Mental Floss – The Rise of the Flapper

The Vintage News – Flappers Were A “New Breed” Of Young Women In The 1920s Who Wore Short Skirts, Bobbed Their Hair, Flaunted Their Disdain

Collectors Weekly – ‘The Great Gatsby’ Still Gets Flappers Wrong

Smithsonian Magazine – The History of the Flapper, Part 5: Who Was Behind the Fashions?

Bellatory – Women’s Fashions of the 1920s: Flappers and the Jazz Age

Prep Scholar – What Is a Flapper? The Glamorous History of Women in the 1920s

Grunge – What It Was Really Like Being A 1920s Flapper

Wikipedia – Flapper