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Boyish Cut
Women wore their hair short in tight curls all around their head. They usually wore a headband, also know as a headache, because they believed tight pressure around their head prevented headaches. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headband -
No Wig
During this period, men stopped wearing wigs, and started to wear their hair naturally. Women grew out their hair. -
Hairdressers
Curls pinned up tight into the head, wealthy women used bows and feathers to style their hair. Loose hair was seen vulgar. Most hairdresser were men at that time. http://ellie-valsin.tumblr.com/post/114139741561/hairstyles-and-hats-ca-1830-part-1 -
Slick Hair
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Bonnets
Long brim and close to the face. Usually worn by women. Young girls wore hats. -
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Slick Hair
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Bonet
Bonnets were long and narrow and close to the face, covering most of the face. They had lace and ranged from various of colors. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The first women rights convention in the United States. It took place in Seneca Falls New York and lead to the women’s suffrage, which later on allowed women to vote.
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A change in Bonnets
Bonnets changed shape. It went from big and tight to the face, to smaller and placed on the back of the head to create a more open look. They used ribbons to held them in place. -
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Victorian Hair
During the Victorian Age, a women's hair determined their status and femininity, it was required for women to wear their hair up, when it was loose, it was seen as something sexual. https://mashable.com/2015/08/25/victorian-long-hair/#Q.RCHki35Pq0 -
National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA)
Created to prevent the fifteenth amendment (The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied) unless it involved women as well.
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Slick Hair
Slick Fingerwaves introduced. -
Curly Bangs
Curly bangs were introduced. Many young women wore their hair in this way. They were often brushed loose curly bangs -
The National Association of Colored Women
Women of color not only faced oppression for being a women but also because they were of another color. Movements that white women created often excluded women of color. For this reason they created their own association, were not only protested for themselves but for black men who had the right to vote but had to go through many difficulties before they could.
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Ringlets
1900 ringlets were introduced. They were a lock of tight hair in the shape of a corkscrew-shaped curl. -
Kid Hair
A very popular hairstyle was bangs cut right across from the forehead. It was most used by either little girls or little boys. Little girls often used big bows, almost as big as their heads. -
The National Women's Trade Union League (WTUL)
Helped create basic working conditions for women. Some of their greatest achievements were the minimum wage and the eight hour work day.
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The beginning of crazy hair
1910 was the decade that helped construct the 1920s. Hairdressers before thought that hair had to be simple due to the big gowns they wore, but this changed and during this decade, hairsdressers started to play around and create more “daring” hairstyles.
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Eton Crop
A boyish cut, slicked down completely, it was very controversial since it showed the ear and was seen as less feminine. -
19th Amendment
In August 26, 1920, U.S. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby, certified the 19th amendment, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. It took many years later for all the states to adopt this amendment.
