the position of women within the society during this period. After World War I, women felt a need to change themselves.
The 1920’s was a decade, when the term “flapper” girl emerged. The word first appeared as a nineteenth century British slang. “Deriving from the colloquial “flap”, the word indicated a young female prostitute and likely referred to the awkward flapping of a young bird’s wings when learning to fly” .
The flapper was the new woman of the postwar decade. Her behavior toward the consumption of alcohol, pertaining to courtship, rearing children as well as companionate marriages changed. She turned the traditional image of the woman (a caring mother and faithful wife remaining mostly at home or making official appearances alongside
The 1920’s was a decade, when the term “flapper” girl emerged. The word first appeared as a nineteenth century British slang. “Deriving from the colloquial “flap”, the word indicated a young female prostitute and likely referred to the awkward flapping of a young bird’s wings when learning to fly” .
The flapper was the new woman of the postwar decade. Her behavior toward the consumption of alcohol, pertaining to courtship, rearing children as well as companionate marriages changed. She turned the traditional image of the woman (a caring mother and faithful wife remaining mostly at home or making official appearances alongside