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It began in the 1920's. The term referres to young women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to the new Jazz music, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. The flappers were seen as brash for wearing excessive makeup, drinking, treating sex in a casual manner, smoking, driving automobiles, and otherwise flouting conventional social and sexual norms.
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Though relatively few in number flappers represented?
Women's desire to break with the past.
Importance of Flappers?
They represented the rebellious, wild nature of women in the roaring 20's.
Why were flappers shocking to society?
. Social attitudes in the past were opposed to independent women.
Why is it called the age of wonderful nonsense?
it is called the "the era of wonderful nonsense" because during the 1920s when flappers where rising and doing all sort of things that didnt make sense(inappropriate), it was considered nonsense. and if you break down the meaning of the era of wonderful nonsense, it will me the time when people did nonsense. (hope you found it helpful!)
When can you start flying?
Well you can start flying at age 14, but with a instructor
