Women in the 1920's
The 19th Amendment is Ratified so that women are able to vote. They did this because so many women were fighting for their own right to vote, just as men. In the early 19th century women had few rights and they didn't have oppurtunities to go to college or to vote. They were demanding the rights a privledges just like every other person in the United States. Many women tried to speak out so that they would be given equal rights just as men were. Susan B. Anthony was an ectivist who spoke out for the rights of womens rights along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. They were part of the Suffrage movement- right to vote. They met at a place called Senca Falls and wrote there own declaration of independence... which was called the Declaration of Sentiments. In 1920 the first women voted along with thousands of other women. They voted for the 19th Amendment.
The Jazz Age:
During the 1920's there was a huge transformation in music. Such as the blues and jazz music. Some people were Louis Armstrong, George Gershwin and Duke Ellington, who played piano to attract women. A lot of Jazz events were at clubs and Speakeaies. A lot of them did this to attract "White" people to the style of music. It started with the slave/work songs, then the spiritual soul music, and then that eventually evolved into the Jazz age.
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