AMERICAN WOMEN AND LEISURE IN THE 1920S

Traditionally, the role of women was confined to taking care of the family, and they had little or no voice outside that sphere. The intention was that they would bring up children, keep the home, and look after their husbands who were usually the bread-winners. Consequently, a thorough examination of life in the 1920s will provide a degree of perspective on how women could handle and manage the social advances of the times with regard to their free time activities. We will clearly focus on the efforts of such a group of women in order to get their own leisure activities in society. Therefore, what we should explore throughout this paper is the continuous struggle of women in the United States in the 1920s and the following steps they had to take over. By merely skimming through this article, the reader should gain an accurate and concise notion of what these women had to go through in that awkward period in the United States. Keywords: the new woman, flapper rebellion, social rebellion, spare time, modern woman, status of women. Titulo en espanol: Norteamericanas y ocio en la decada de 1920 Resumen:  Tradicionalmente, el papel de la mujer en la sociedad se ha visto reducido al cuidado de la familia con escasa o ninguna repercusion fuera del ambito domestico. Se suponia que su papel correspondia al cuidado de los hijos y de sus maridos, y a mantener el hogar familiar. Sin embargo, un cuidadoso estudio de la vida en los anos veinte nos proporcionara una amplia  perspectiva sobre la manera en la que las mujeres manejaron los avances sociales de la epoca. Intentaremos dar un claro enfoque sobre los esfuerzos de dichas mujeres por obtener su reconocimiento social. Lo que se intentara demostrar sera la continua batalla de las mujeres en los Estados Unidos en los anos veinte, y todas las dificultades que tuvieron que sortear.  Simplemente ojeando este articulo, el lector podra obtener una vision concreta y precisa de la lucha de estas mujeres en esa epoca desenfrenada en la historia de los Estados Unidos. Palabras clave : la nueva mujer, la rebelion “flapper”, la rebelion social, tiempo libre y ocio, la mujer moderna, el estatus de la mujer.