ightdresses, and rolled their silk stockings down to their knees. They wore flashy lipstickand other cosmetics. Eventually, women were even granted the right to vote with thepassing of the 19th Amendment. It was up to this time period that women were notseen as an important aspect in American society. As if rebelling from the previousposition of practically non-existence, women changed their clothing, their fashion, andeven cut their hair shorter into bobs which were very similar to the style of men. Thesimilarities were no mere coincidence, but an attempt of the women in American societypushing towards equality. Once the women had the right to vote with the passing ofthe 19th Amendment, they did not just sit back. The women of the 1920's strived for a position of equality for both men and women in society.Literature, art, and music also reflected the nations changing values. There were manyfamous authors, playwrights, musicians and artists which left their mark during theTwenties. Sinclair Lewis authored Main Street (1920), a book which attacked what heconsidered the dull lives and narrow minded attitudes of people in a small town. Anothergreat author of the time was F. Scott Fitzgerald whose works included The Beautifuland Damned, and Tales of the Jazz Age. F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby,exemplified the American Dream. The story shows the often misconception of theAmerican Dream being a life of prosperity, parties, happiness, and utopian places. Thebook uncovers the characters' pursuit of this dream only to discover the AmericanDream as the American Tragedy. Many Americans who immigrated to the United Statesin the 20's were believing the same misconception, only to later find the hidden truththat the American Dream was not all what it was cracked up to be.One of the greatest American authors to emerge from the Twenties was ErnestHemingway. Some of Hemingway's most noted works in the Twenties included Acrossthe River and into t...
