Ethnographer Journal

Jayla Balderas 

Mr. Roddy

IHSS

23 August 2021

                                          Ethnographer Journal 

During the year 1920s I traveled back in time after being offered a job with my position as an Ethnographer. With the purpose of taking observational notes on the beliefs, customs and culture clothing attire of the “New Woman.” that emerged during the roaring twenties. On the first night I grasped an idea of what most flapper girls wore. Most fell into the fashion of the time. I observed a group of girls from the flat where I was offered a place to stay for one month by a girl named Beatrice. She along with a few other girls gathered around a set of vanities. I quickly understood the typical attire for these flapper girls was short bobbed hair, sequin dresses or skirts. I later learned a few girls changed their names to a few of the more popular flapper girls creating a persona. The name flapper meant teenage girls often thought as wildly insane for doing and saying things unladylike as an older gentleman happily offered his own opinions on one of the nights we walked the streets towards a local Jazz performance. In the early morning Beatrice called upon me, we had a conversation one she wanted me to take notes on. She offered up her own explanation of the flapper girl and it's importance, the representation of the free woman lifestyle and how it was pushing back against the beliefs and offering a new ideal woman. It pushed the boundaries of the political standings as women had barely been offered the opportunity to vote. 

Work Cited 

History.com Editors. “Flappers.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 6 Mar. 2018, www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/flappers.

History.com Editors. “The Roaring Twenties.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 14 Apr. 2010, www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/roaring-twenties-history.









 

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