The flapper was an "exotic" new breed of young women. Women's Suffrage was a powerful way that women were now equal with men, but voting didn't happen everyday. It was rarely a part of everyday life unlike the new roles women were taking on in society after World War I. While there had been women before her, the first female presidential candidate to receive a significant amount of votes was Gracie Allen in 1940 with 42,000 votes. This was 20 years after the 19th Amendment was passed. There was no reason for women to conform back to the way things were. World War I changed their everyday participation in society, and the flapper represented change. While Women's suffrage had been a long battle, WWI took them by storm. The flapper movement can be credited to women's involvement in WWI.
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