1) How did eugenics reinforce nativist ideals?
A: Eugenics fueled the nativists' argument for the superiority of the "original" American stock--white Protestants of northern European descent.
2) What political, social, and economic contributions did women make to American society in the 1920s?
A: Fashion took on a modern look during the 1920s, as women "bobbed" or short-ended, their hair and wore flesh-colored silk stockings. In this new culture, the carefree, chic "flapper" played a prominent role. Through hardly typical of American women at the time, the flapper--a young, dramatic, stylish, and unconventional woman--personified women's changing behavior in the 1920s. The flapper smoked cigarettes, drank prohibited liquor, and dressed in attire too revealing by previous generations. While flappers pursued social freedoms, other women sought financial independence by entering the workforce, many of them as salesclerks, secretaries, or telephone operators. There were a few women who made contributions in science, medicine, law, or literature. In science, Florence Sabin's medical research led to a dramatic drop in death rates from tuberculosis. In literature, Edith Wharton received the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "The Age of Innocence." Public health nurse Margaret Sanger, believing that the standard of living could be improved if families limited the number of children they had, founded the American Birth Control League in 1921. This organization became Planned Parenthood in the 1940s. In 1928 Margaret Mead, one of the first female anthropologists, published the highly regarded study, "Coming of Age in Samoa," which described life in a Pacific island culture.
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