Women of the 1920s: Exploring their Rights, Encountering Change, and

Exchanging their Insight

Jose Garcia
Rhedacia Hardee
Erick Louis
Senior Division- Group Website
Process Paper Word Count: 482

Being the 95th anniversary of the 19th amendment, our group wanted to showcase the
story of women and their hard-won enfranchisement and liberty. Instantly, we were intrigued by
the struggles of such a potent era and the impact women had during this time. After searching
through the sample topics list for this year and seeing that Women of the 1920s was included, we
were truly thrilled. Choosing this topic was our method of conveying the importance of women
in society and their continued role in all aspects of American culture.

We conducted our research by arranging to meet bi-monthly in the public library. We

wanted to ensure we would represent women of all time periods, emphasizing the inferiority
women had long been associated with. Additionally, we sought to integrate a plethora of both
primary sources and secondary sources. A main contributor to the sources we utilized would be
the Library of Congress. Also worth noting is our initial research through our history teacher.
Being a U.S. History teacher, she helped us truly define the era that was the 1920s and fabricated
our contextualization of this historical period.

Choosing the website as our presentation category was, without a doubt, a simple
decision. We felt that the website was a better, more technologically advanced way of portraying
our topic. Using the website format, we undertook several factors into consideration: wanting to
present good information while captivating our audience. This presentation category allows the
viewer to become fully immersed and transported to the historical period we focused on.
Furthermore, we had to think about color schemes that would easily integrate into our topic and
with the website category we could use elements like these to our advantage. The website
category was also most appealing to us due to the amount of multimedia we could add to

enhance our message. Using elements such as music, speeches, and other multimedia sources,
presented our information in both a clear and concise manner.

Our topic relates to the NHD theme of Explorations, Encounters, and Exchanges in
History for a number of reasons. For one, women of the 1920s explored life outside the home.
These bold females redefined womens role and began to partake in many aspects of political,
economic, and social life. Moreover, women of this decade encountered new opportunities,
professions, and even commodities such as the Ford vehicles. Alongside this encounter, women
began to realign their importance in society. Not only did these women explore their rights and
encounter change, but they also began to exchange culture and insight. In essence, the women of
this roaring decade highlighted prime examples of what the NHD theme addresses; they daringly
explored, encountered, and exchanged, allowing their voice to shape the society in which we
currently thrive.