Interwar Years (Clark, Laffey, Michel, Thomas)

Questions to consider...

• What roles did women play during the war?
• How and why did women advocate for the right to vote? 
• Evaluate a woman's rights movement in a particular nation.
• Did women connect with one another across national lines?  Or across lines of race and class?
• How successful were they?
• How did images of women change or not change?  
• Consider "the Flapper" image in Europe.
• How successfulwas the war and its impact in the success of the women's suffrage movement?

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Questions to consider...

Coco Chanel is one example of a fashion leader of this era:

• What was revolutionary about her styles?
• How did her styles reflect the postwar era?

Consider cosmetics:

• How did the perception of make-up change after WWI?
• What influences were responsible for this change?
• Elizabeth Arden, Madame C.J. Walker, Helena Rubenstein

Fashion shifts to examine:

• What role did mass production and technology play in fashions after the war?
• In what ways did fashion rebel or celebrate styles established during the war?
• What cultural changes influenced fashion after the war?

Other possible fashion topics:

• Vogue magazine
• Sportswear
• Paul Poiret
• Flapper style
• Pyjamas
• Short hair for women

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