They called her vampire. They called her ugly, unattractive, unfit to vote. They called her destroyer of family and society. Nothing deterred the New Woman.
In the 1920s, a new youth culture emerged. Not simply a marker of age anymore, youth became a state of mind, the adherence to a separate culture with its own values and attitudes.
The New Woman was certainly born in the U.S., but manifestations of her appeared worldwide. And everywhere, she was a harbinger of modernity.
WWI was a pivotal moment in women’s history. For the first time, women stepped into the place of men in great numbers and showed to be able to do so.
In the 1910s, at the apex of the New Woman’s historical arc and right amid the fight for civil rights, women became vampires.
Women’s undergarments drastically changed during the New Woman’s historical arc. She shed layers of clothing, gaining in freedom of movement.