HIST 150C3 1st Edition Lecture 12Women and the Great War“Respectability”Women, race, and public space in the Victorian Era-respectable women lives centered around a domestic/private sphere-in public they had to be chaperoned by their husband or a male relativeStereotypes of black women-black women lives were open to outside interference at all times-held in public slave pens so their bodies could be inspected publicly-could not be respectable because their bodies were seen as being publicBlack clubwomen-had to present themselves as proper ladies: wore hats to cover heads, wore gloves, and long dresses-sought to show no skin in public-most visible proponents of black women respectability-middle class black women: joined literary societies-grew in popularity by the late 19th century-worked to oppose issues such as lynching and universal suffrage-focused on issues involving children and families, locally National Association of Colored Women (NACW)-formed in 1896-led the way for reforming lynching These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-group focused on middle class New Women and Public Space-department stores paid a lot of attention to women -businesses realized women could buy clothing-During the 1920’s women’s fashion became hugeVogue, 1892-in the 1920’s it reached popularity-mannequins lured female buyers into storesFashion-new styles: shorter skirts, knees could not be shown in public-After WW1 hemlines grew shorter-Bessie Smith highlighted these new fashion trends-make up changed as well: respectable women were not suppose to wear make up-Actress Louise Brookes was used to popularize the use of cosmetics-Black entertainers only appeared in black newspaper ads in skin lighteners-Skin lighteners became a cosmetic that increased in popularity in the 1920’sFlappers-unchapperoned in public-shocking fashion choices-many smoked-by 1920’s flappers were advocates of votingSuffragettes-Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton endorsed women’s suffrage-“We protest against…the laws which give to the husband…the custody of the wife’s person.”-supporters of suffrage-began to make more public protests by WW1 era-protested through department store windows-incorporated consumer capitalism into their campaignsNational American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)-By 1890, the 2 groups come back together -justified women for voting by saying women could promote reform-heavily led by middle class white women-don’t have too many black women in organization, but they weren’t against black women suffrage, it was just a primarily white women’s organizationConsumer capitalism-sale of mass producing and mass consumer
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