The 1920s brought the United States a gilded perspective of the new roles being assumed by women. It is very easy to believe that women were making a lot of social progress and were prospering financially due to the surge of women being hired to fill the jobs of the absentee soldiers, as well as the "Revolution in manners and morals" where young girls acted more glamorous, flamboyant, and "independent". But the truth of the …
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…many as having been very productive and beneficial to women as a whole on account of "accomplishments" such as being granted the right to vote, but the truth is that more conflict arose between several of the feminist factions and an entire culture of immoral women was created that was supposed to be sexually liberating. Traditionalism was very much alive during this time, and the revolts against old-fashioned morals gave conservatives more reason to repress.