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☆☆☆☆☆It gave the right to vote to women.
The Nineteenth Amendment prohibits sex discrimination in voting, therefore it guaranteed voting rights for both men and women.
During the 1920's the flappers represented a change in the American woman in society. They started showing skin with shorter skirts. They started wearing shorter hair and makeup. The skinny boyish figure was stylish at this time and, in some cases, so was unisex fashion. They drank, smoked, cursed, danced, participated in petting parties, and engaged in other activities seen as scandalous by the society of the day.
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Flappers They were called flappers.
Some of the reasons for the founding of the NAACP were:
- The desire to oppose racism
- African Americans' desire for more opportunities
- Jim Crow laws
- Segregation laws
A large number of women became secretaries or managers.
In "The Negro Digs Up His Past," Arthur Schomburg is discussing the he study of the history of African Americans.
Social Attitudes About Women Made Change Difficult.
artistic achievement would help end prejudice
Few joined unions because the economy was strong.
Promote African American pride
A northern city
Pullman porters needed a union because they were not treated well.
