Before the start of World War I, the Gibson Girl was the rage, she wore her long hair loosely on top of her head and wore a long straight skirt and a shirt with a high collar. She was feminine but also broke through several gender barriers for her attire allowed her to participate in sports, including golf, roller skating, and bicycling. In the 1920s, a new woman was born. She smoked, drank, danced, and …showed first 75 words of 521 total…

…showed last 75 words of 521 total…symbol of freedom. Women claimed the right's of men. No longer would they have to bind their hair back and control it. Short was daring and sexy and created a whole new attitude that went far beyond a hairstyle. At the end of the 1920s, the stock market crashed and the world was plunged into the Great Depression, frivolity and recklessness was forced to come to an end. However, much of the flapper's changes remained.