what is a flapper?

Question

im doing a history report on women of the 1920's, so the term "flapper" would have something to do with that.

Answer 1

the typical flapper was a young women who was often thought of as a little fast and maybe even a little brazen. Mostly, the flapper offended the older generation because she defied conventions of acceptable feminine behavior. The flapper was "modern." Traditionally, women's hair had always been worn long. The flapper wore it short, or bobbed. She used make-up (which she might well apply in public). And the flapper wore baggy dresses which often exposed her arms as well as her legs from the knees down. However, flappers did more than symbolize a revolution in fashion and mores - they embodied the modern spirit of the Jazz Age.

Answer 2

A flapper was both a dancer and a costume for the entire female persona. She was known as the "new breed" of women. One between Woman's Suffrage and the bra burnings (no offense) of the late 1960's and early 1970's

Answer 3

A Flapper was an unconventional woman with shorter dresses to show off her legs, bobbed hair, drinking, smoking, dancing the "Charleston," and being the vampy, bad girl.

Answer 4

i thought it had something to do with the dances of the time. i expect that the flapper with long necklaces and fringed dress etc would be doing the charleston etc.

Answer 5

ohh i was a flapper for halloween once. i wore a short straight sparkly red dress.

Answer 6

they were new-age women who tried to be different, they wore shorter skirts, new hairstyles, and acted less like previous women