Changing Role of Women
*Women ran the industry while the war was on
*American women given the right to vote (suffrage) in 1919
*Had to listen to what women had to say because they now had the right to vote
*Were now allowed to have careers
*Women did not want to go back to just being at home with kids
*Men coming home were confused with the new roles
*80% were still at home
*15% were getting post secondary education
*Temperance movements succeed in getting prohibition
*Prohibition
USA 1919-1933
Canada 1919-1923
*American women given the right to vote (suffrage) in 1919
*Had to listen to what women had to say because they now had the right to vote
*Were now allowed to have careers
*Women did not want to go back to just being at home with kids
*Men coming home were confused with the new roles
*80% were still at home
*15% were getting post secondary education
*Temperance movements succeed in getting prohibition
*Prohibition
USA 1919-1933
Canada 1919-1923
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Summary
The was the first big step for female equality in our society, given the right to vote and now work among many other things.