New Era, New Women The nineteen-twenties, a decade lavished with new styles, sex, and rebellion. These were the years of new beginnings and revolutions. The twenties were the years for change in women’s rights, becoming more independent, the ability to vote, and equal rights as men. Women were exploring beyond the conservative values into scandalous activities. There was a sense of freedom during this time period that has changed America. “…The emergence of a vibrant and highly visible youth culture where none had really existed before” (Zeitz 46). The book Flapper first introduces Zelda as Montgomery, Alabama’s “wild child” (Zeitz 13) she was often messed-around with many attractive young men in her town “…for a few hours of necking, petting, and drinking in secluded back seat venues” (Zeitz 14). It seems that Zelda and others like her began the flapper era, with their carefree spirit and sexual activities. Parents who were from the Victorian era, severely frowned upon premarital sex. This “New Woman” era greatly worried parents not knowing the whereabouts of their daughters. Young ladies were experimenting with multiple sex partners at the same time. As Zelda was waiting for Fitzgerald she fell back into her habits of sleeping around…until Scott finally got her to settle down. Fitzgerald questioned himself if he created …show more content…
Early films were rather elementary, not thought out and audiences grew bored. Directors began to craft more complex and dramatic plots, but it was expensive to produce lengthy films. David Wark Griffith pioneered the new film industry, he made movies that related to the pervious century and spectators in the early ninety-hundred’s loved them. The new age films didn’t arrive until movies began to sexualize women and embody the flapper. Actresses symbolized the flapper in many films, moviegoers wanted to be just like