Women's Fashion In The Early 1900s

Emma Jackler Women’s fashion is like a revolving door, it never stops moving or changing. Throughout history it has gone from dresses that reached the ankle to mini skirts that only come down a few inches on one’s legs. The change in clothing is changing with women’s roles in society. In the early 1900s women had little to no rights or job opportunities. Yet after World War 1, which presented many women with their first job, everything seemed to change. Fast forward to present day and one can see that the record for most female CEOs of Fortune 500 companies is being broken. As for clothing, it has become almost half as long as it was in the 1900s and there are different styles for every type of woman. As seen through the various events

Women had become extremely inspired by the Civil Rights Movement where African- Americans fought for equal rights and received them. During the Civil Rights Movement they achieved getting rid of discrimination based off of color, race and sex through Title VII ("Title IX Frequently"). One the first wins of the feminist movement during this time was in 1961, when female teachers and civil services workers were the first people to win equal pay to their male coworkers. As a result of this success more women joined unions and in 25 years more than 900,000 women joined. One major change was the founding of the National Organization for Women by Gloria Steinem in 1966. The goal of this organization was to gain equality, receive equal educational opportunities, stop abuse, and give out child support. Through Title IX women could no longer be excluded from activities funded by the federal government based off of their gender (Pearson and Anitha). . Women also gained lots of rights through the various court cases that addressed pregnancy. The Griswold v. Connecticut cas allowed married couples to use contraceptives, while Roe v. Wade allowed women to have an abortion ("Timeline of Legal"). There were also some activists who had a way of reaching out to people through television. Mary Tyler Moore was the first woman to wear pants on television during the Dick Van Dyke show. Moore did this, because she felt that to film women doing chores in nice clothing did not embody their real look that they wore at home. One of the biggest accomplishments for women during this time was their involvement in the Space Race (Drake 1). Numerous African- American women were hired as “human computers” and performed all of the calculations to launch their space rockets. Not only was this a huge step for women but also African- Americans. Some of the most important women involved were Mary Jackson, who was the first