The 1920s is typically a decade viewed as a “modern age” of economic prosperity affluence. This includes new views of women in the 1920s, known as the “new woman,” in which “young American women had helped usher in a new morality that permitted women greater independence, freedom of movement, and access to the delights of urban living.” (AY, Ch. 22, Sec. V) Choose one advertisement from this link as evidence to describe the emergence of a “new woman”
Link – 1920s advertising image archive – Google Search
At the same time, during the 1920s the were undercurrents of conflict within American society and culture, especially regarding race and racial discrimination. Choose one image or picture from this link to discuss how racism also flourished in the “modern age” of the 1920s:
Link – naacp 1920s – Google Search
