In the 1950s women, such as Grace Kelly was considered a highly popular fashion icon and strived to inspire women to be themselves. She was an award-winning actress and also the Princess of Monaco who said an independent quote. “Women’s natural role is to be the pillar of the family.” (Brainyquotes.com). Many occurring events in this decade brought happiness and fear into America. One of these many events is the Cold War, it brought new styles in fashion and kept citizens occupied from the tragic truth.…
U.S. Cultural Trends (50’s/60’s): Conformity was common -rebellion within literature and art *Jackson Pollock (artist) *Beat generation (Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg) *James Dean and Marilyn Monroe Traditional gender roles Boom period -economy *construction *increase in military spending *low unemployment rates and inflation -suburbs *G.I. Bill (lower cost for returning soldiers) *women were expected to stay in the home -baby boom (~77 million) The Civil Rights Movement -Brown v. Board of Education -Rosa Parks (1955) and bus boycott -Martin Luther King Jr.…
Following the end of the World War Two, a new trend became popular for women; the curvy pin-up girls, which were popularized in the 1940’s - 1950’s. These girls were known for their long legs, curvy tuck in the waist, and plump up breasts. The most famous pin-up girl was Marilyn Monroe, with her long thick legs, curvy waist, big breasts, and big bouncy blonde hair. This fashion trend marked the start to criticizing women that could not achieve the “right” figure for women, thus creating advertising to inform thinner women to gain weight with special products to achieve the perfect look. During the 1960’s, with the hype of rock music, women started to slim down, creating the “Twiggy” women. Twiggy women were very slender and often looked down on women with curves; they believed the skinner a woman is the more ideal. In the 1990’s, the beginning of grunge music a time where women became unhealthily skinny, which turned into the “Heroin-Chic Waif”…
The author claims that during the Romantic period, thinness was considered ugly and a woman's bad luck, and 100 years ago, the female ideal was tall, full-busted, full-figured and mature. "Cellulite" was considered desirable,…
The 1950’s is when these new beauty standards began to evolve; previous to that, women were praised for their lack of attention to their bodies: Feminine virtue was found in a kind of unself-consciousness in which vanity about one’s body was considered immoral or wrong (Lipkin 598). Lipkin’s research would have been more valid had she given examples of what has caused these standards to change in recent years.…
Women’s rights were important to them because they want to have freedom like men’s do. They just don’t want to stay home and take care of their family. They wants to works, rights to vote, gain education and etc. That’s why women’s rights were important to them lot.…
In the 1970s, thin body image came back. But in the 70s, women weren’t so demanded to look “perfect” all the time. Minimal makeup was except along with long, natural hair. The style for dressing in the 70s was high waisted bell bottom pants and layers of blouses and…
Before World War II no one believed women had a place in the military, yet women overcame this and helped the United States reach victory. Women felt they needed and wanted to get involved in the war instead of sitting at home, taking care of the children, cooking dinner, and cleaning the house. Women joined military support organizations like the WACs, the WAVES and the WASPs. These kinds of organizations contributed immensely toward the United States war effort. Women felt that if men could serve in the war, they could, too. Women relieved men of certain jobs so the men could go fight in the war. Women worked hard and took the men’s places, but they could not fight or get close to battle. Women’s roles in the war changed society, and lasted long after the United States declared victory.…
woman how to dress, please her husband, raise her children, and cook her food” . There were also occasional cases where women were advised not to get a job, however, usually the job was in domestic service – like housekeeper, maid, dressmaker, babysitter, waitress, cook etc.…
"Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation,” said by Abigail Adams, First Lady and advocate of women’s rights (Abigail Adams Quotes). In the past hundred years, women have accomplished more than anyone could imagine - from joining men in the work force to building multi-million dollar fashion industries.…
During the two decades from 1920 to 1940, the number of American women working outside the home increased slightly. In 1920, women made up 23.6 percent of the labor force; by 1940, this percentage had risen to 25.4. Some advances were made in working women's rights, but during the Great Depression, many female workers lost their jobs or were forced to accept severe cuts in pay. Despite the economic difficulties of the period, some outstanding businesswomen achieved great commercial success. In the 1930s, despite the fact that women were a big part of the society, they were not treated equally in the workplace compared to their male counterparts.…
The 1920’s were the years of expression, change, innovations and new opportunities. Within these years women were exposed to different types of cultures and expressions some major ones being jazz and flappers. Women also gained the right to vote when the nineteenth amendment was passed allowing women to now have a say in political circumstances. Sheppard-Towner Act was also passed making it possible to have well-baby clinics, educational programs, as well as nursing. Expression for women came from the influence of flappers, which were usually young women who partied nonstop. This new stereotype for women came with the expression of dance, fashion and women clubs and college influenced to change their looks and way of lives. Although women were…
was there used to describe young girls, still somewhat awkward in movement who had not yet entered womanhood 15. Flappers broke away from the Victorian image of womanhood. They dropped the corset, chopped their hair, dropped layers of clothing to increase ease of movement, wore make-up, created the concept of dating, and became a sexual person. They created what many consider the "new" or "modern" woman.…
The 1930s provided women with more opportunities for women in education and work. Women graduated high school at a slightly higher rate than men did. Female high school graduates increased 20% throughout the 1930s; double than that of the 1920s. However, more men continued to graduate college than women (7%); there were less female college graduates in the 1930s than in the 1920s. Even though not as many women were getting college diplomas, businesses were hiring twice as many women than men. According to the Census, more women joined the labor force (24.3%), in the 1930s, due to the Great Depression.…
The popular media (television, movies, magazines, etc.) have, since World War II, increasingly held up a thinner and thinner body image as the ideal for women.…