The Roaring TwentiesThe New Woman

August 26, 1920, 19th Amendment ratified, gave women right to vote Many women continued working Femininity changed drastically:

o Out with tight corsets/long petticoats, in with knee length free moving dresses, buns braids were out, short bobbed, boyish hair was in

o Natural look was out, lipstick/makeup was ino Flappers = new kind of girl

19th Amendment also opened up place for women in political officeo 1922 two women becam the first female legislators in the GA house of

Representatives: Bessie Kempton Crowell from Fulton and Viola Ross Napier from Bibb

o Rebecca Latimer Felton appointed by governor Thomas Hardwick to U.S. Senate seat of Tom Watson

Music Speakeasies opened across country, played African American contribution of JAZZ!!!!!!!

o Stocked up on illegal liquor Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong played in jazz clubs Blues also became popular

o Ma Rainey became “Mother of the Blues” Recorded 100 songs 1923-1928

o Bessie Smith “Runnin Wild” – African American musical, very popular

Crime Prohibition lead to organized gangs in large cities [Chicago/ NYC]

Al Capone, “Bugs” Moran, Baby Face Nelson, and Frank NittyLife in the Roaring Twenties

Things were cheap after the war, things came to the door 1926 Clarence Birdseye perfected food freezing method, freeing women 1927 POP UP TOASTER :D Gas ranges replaced wood/coal stoves Convenience foods: rolled oats, pancake mix, canned goods 1928 Gerber’s baby foods introduced 1920 November KDKA broadcasting in Pittsburgh 1922 WSB in Atlanta formed- big radio boom 1923 WRAB licensed in Savannah 1924 WDBA licensed in Columbus Al Jolson- The Jazz Singer

The Destruction of King Cotton For most Georgians, twenties was not good because of the boll weevil beetle

o Ate cottono Came from Mexico

Appeared in southwest Georgia in 1915 1923 cotton dropped to 600,000 bales from a 2.8 million bales in 1914 1924 drought 375000 farm workers lef Georgia between 1920-1925

Number of working fell 310,132 to 249,095The Great Migration

Movement north of farmers= great migration Mostly black farmers moved north to industrial cities like Chicago and Detroit In South, well paying jobs went to whites

The Klan Strengthens Reborn in Atlanta in 1915 Targets included blacks, Jews, Catholics, and immigrants Wanted “old America” 1920s they gained a foot hold, 1922 had branches in all 48 states 1925 40,000 members marched pas White House 5 Senators and a supreme justice were kkk members Depression killed them

A Special Day 1919 25,000 prize to who could fly from NYC to Paris, France, or vice versa. May 1927, 3

pilots made the attempt. Charles Lindbergh did it!