History Brief: Daily Life in the 1920s

The following video provides a brief glimpse into the lives of Americans in the 1920s. The video focuses primarily on how the role of women and children were drastically changing during this time period. (If using in conjunction with Reading Through History products, this lesson is also titled "The Changing American Family").

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[stevenstone]

my father was born in 1920, 100 years ago today.

[jillmarieyoung]

My grandma (1923-2019) used to work in the factory, making slips. For kids today, women used to wear them under the dress! My grandpa (1920-2005) went to join the Navy. Rip my Grandparents! 😱🥺❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸

[umedavk]

I never realised how important the 20's were. It was a world-changing decade ( at least in the Western world). Thanks for a MOST interesting video!!

[rosiegirl]

I saw a small detail that fascinated me...did anyone notice the beautiful cursive writing on the chalkboard? They don't even teach this in school anymore. I feel like it's becoming a lost art...and very quickly!

[Kyoki_Uchiha]

My grandmother was born in 1929 and thankfully is still here. Great video!

[rhodealgra]

is it not weird to realize how much changed in just 100 years? crazy!

[joeshmoe]

That vacuum at 2:10 was as expensive as a top of the line Dyson vacuum is today!

[ShelbyFarrow]

One thing though is before urbanization many of those people who lived in rural areas and were farmers had horses and horse drawn carriages to enable them to get into the closest town or city without having to walk.

[pavoto]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I was making a presentation of this and I didn't find any information, this video is the best thing that could happen to me!

[thunderbolt]

Let me just say, I love your content, thank you for teaching us 👍

[Thecorgially]

My mother (1923-1968) worked as a seamstress. Later she got her high school equipment, went to business school and became an office worker. Sadly she died at 45 killed by a purse snatcher.

[christopherhunter]

What's crazy is, our relatives could be in of these pictures

[Theredeyedjedi]

I remember this decade like it was last week

[MJo-nglj]

❤🎉 Grandmother lived 1890 to 1989 and had 11 children with 9 surviving to old age.

[snackwrap]

My great grandmother was born 1922 nd died 2009 I’m always fascinated in her childhood Era

[rainbowkitten]

Your channel is amazing! I have learnt so much. Thankyou 😊

[JohnKitner]

People move to the cities because the factories were in the cities. And the factories energized by the The Rivers before electricity. If you look at most of the cities they usually always near Some kind of a river. Gravity was our best energy at that time.

[anyaharris]

Fascinating programme. If you think about it, the great changes happened in just one decade between 1914 and 1926, 1914 being the year when the WW1 started. That shows how much change a war brings. As much as it might have been terrible for men to go to war, it brought great changes for women for the best. Unfortunately, as any war goes, there is always somebody who gains from it. Well, maybe not so unfortunate after all - if you can see in perspective.

[jchow]

I have to come back & watch this again because it is sp fascinating.

[pceesxv]

This was a biased report in many areas. Too bad because the pictures were really interesting. I felt that some of the info was misleading.