Women of the 1920s The lifestyle, fashion and morals of women of the 1920s were very different from those of women before the 1920s. Flappers became the next big thing after the passage of the 19th Amendment. Women's morals loosened, clothes and haircuts became shorter, and fashion played a huge role in these young women. Women before the 1920s were very different from the women of the Roaring '20s. Gwen Hoerr Jordan stated that women before the 1920s wore clothes that covered much of their skin, had long hair tied back, were very modest, had chaperones, and had men make all their decisions (1). “On both sides of the Atlantic they had fought against the kind of rigidly sexist culture in which a woman could be arrested for smoking a cigarette while walking down a public street” (Judith 1). Women of the 1920s were independent, demanding equality, and living with bold depravity considered a scythe. The lives of these women were not all fun and games; women had to work, often as domestic servants in private homes, but over the course of the decade they were able to pursue other jobs. “By 1920, there were more than 650 colleges that admitted both men and women, and more than 7 percent of American women between the ages of 18 and 21 attended college” (Jordan 1-2). Before the 1920s women relied heavily on men and did not receive a very good education. The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote and made them feel like they had become full citizens, which made them become flappers. In 1917, women boycotted the right to vote in front of the White House and for this “harmless act” many were imprisoned (West 1). On August 26, 1920, after a hard-won battle, women had finally become full citizens. The 19th Amen......center of the sheet......Women and the politics of the 1920s." OAH Magazine of History 21.3 (2007): 22-26. Academic Search Premier. Web. April 29, 2014. Jailer-Chamberlain, Mildred. “Flappers in Fashion The 1920s.” (2006): 11-13 MasterFILE Elite Web. April 29, 2014. Judith, Mackrell. “THE WOMEN WHO BROUGHT UPA GENERATION.” "The 'New Woman', Star Characters, and Cross-Class Romantic Films in 1920s America." Journal of Gender Studies 19.1 (2010): Academic Search Premier April 30, 2014. West, Carol "In Honor of the 90th birthday of the 19th amendment", Inside Tuscan Business 20.13 (2010) 17. Regional Business News Web. 7 May 2014.