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Beauty throughHistory: 1900 –

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2eminists of the early 1900s

arrie hapman att was presient of the

3ational 4merican oman Su.rage 4ssociation

from 1900 – 1906! att was a %ey player in the

illustrious roa to female su.rage in the early

70s, an her presiency with 34S4 certainly

helpe her achie$e that goal!

ate hopin, author of The Awakening, showe

how a woman coul 'e artistically an seually

free! 2ew feminists of the #warian an

ictorian eras challenge seual social norms

so 'latantly, so hopin set a preceent for

future societal change!

+argaret Sangers career was in full swing at

the turn of the century as her ;ght forcontraception rage on! Her wor% resulte in

the normalization of 'irth control an other

contracepti$es, changing 4merican seual li$es

fore$er!


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1911 – 1970

)he prelue to the


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2eminists of the 1910s

#mily -a$ison, a young su.ragette, 'ecame

famous after throwing herself on a er'y trac%in the name of feminism!

harlotte >er%ins ?ilman was one of the ;rst to

pu'lish feminist science ;ction, which often

containe allegories to real*life feminist issues!

Her no$el, Herland, release in 191@, iscusseseism 'oth in the home an in society!

hrista'el >an%hurst was a %ey leaer in the

S>A, or omens Social an >olitical Anion!

She was one of the ;rst women to em'race the

pre$iously erogatory phrase su.ragette/ an

represente the ieological i$ie 'etween the

ol ieas of female responsi'ility an the

raical phenomenon of su.rage!


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2eminism of the 1970s

osmetics were inEuence 'y ;lms an art

aroun the worl, ma%ing way for the newlyli'eral ?i'son girl!/ Some women an girls

were a'le to party, illegally rin%, an act out

uner the isguise of the newly*popular

2lapper/ aesthetic!

Helena


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191 – 1960

)he ?reat -epression a.ecte all aspects of

life, incluing the cosmetics inustry! Styles'ecame more restraine than in the 1970s,

an ma%eup companies 'ecame less pre$alent

than they ha 'een 'ecause women no longer

ha etra money to spen on ma%eup!

)he ma%eup that was worn in the 0s fa$ore

natural colors an stylesD chee%s werecontoure to emphasize chee%'ones, an

eyeshaow was typically a warm color, either

'rown or pin%! #ye'rows were hea$ily pluc%e,

an lipstic% was once again use not for lip*

shaping, 'ut for emphasizing the natural shape

of the lips!


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2eminism in the ?reat -epression

Some historians 'elie$e that the 0s int

encompass much feminine changeD the

feminist fer$or that accompanies su.rage ha

ie own slowly uring the 1970s! omen

holing (o's uring the 0s pro$o%e

resentment from men in the wor%force who

'elie$e that women were stealing their

positions! "n aition, this era focuse more on

economic changes rather than social ones, so

mainstream feminists %ept relati$ely Fuiet

uring this time!

Cower*class women i, howe$er, ;n change

in their li$es! Sweatshop laws were slowly set

in place to protect poor wor%ing women, an

these laws 'ecame stronger from the

epression to ""!


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1961 – 1950

)he Secon orl ar an after em'oie another

cosmetic re$olution for 4merican women!Hairstyles 'ecame higher Gperhaps foreshaowing

the immense hairos of the 50s an @0s an lips

once more 'ecame a 'right cherry re with the

help of a smorgas'or of lipstic% 'rans!

4lcohol was ratione uring this time, so colognes

an perfumes 'ecame har to ;n! omen

respone to this 'y ma%ing

eoorant out of 'a%ing soa! "n

aition, women were a'le to use

their -"& s%ills to ma%e mascara out

of 'urnt cor%, lip shaes out of 'eet

(uice, an e$en fa%e tan out of gra$y!


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omen hel the (o's that men no longer coul

uring the Secon orl ar, creating an

inEu of wor%ing women that woul remain

there until the return of hus'ans! Howe$er,this perio of wor%ing women set an important

preceent for getting women outsie the

home!

omen ser$e as nurses in the


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