Question

Explain how women’s roles changed in the 1920s; what were some positive outcomes.

Answer 1

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Women were given the right to vote. After the Nineteenth Amendment was formally approved on August 26, 1920, in addition to full suffrage, women experienced new For example, in 1920 Eva Hamilton became the first woman elected to the Michigan Senate, and four years later, Cora Belle Reynolds Anderson became the first Native American woman in the country to obtain a state legislative position. In 1928, Ruth Hanna McCormick and Ruth Bryan Owen won elections to the US House of Representatives.

Answer 2

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Women responded, joining men in speakeasies, increasing sexuality (shorter skirts, higher divorce rates, drinking, smoking, etc). Also, single women could live alone in apartments in cities and work for a living for the first time.