Growing+Up+a+Lady

Growing Up a Lady

Aunt Alexandria and Jem just cannot understand why Scout will not act more like a young lady. "Acting like a lady" was considered to be a very important goal for white girls growing up in the 1930s.

// Your Job //: Use the chart below to make three lists. If you fill up the chart, please add more rows and continue.


 * < ** Ways girls were expected to act in the 1930s ** ||< **Ways girls are expected to act today** ||< **How girls are free to act in both times** ||
 * < Expected to help cook and clean with the mother. ||< Girls are suppose to be independent by earning their own income. ||< Girls are allowed to pamper them self. ||
 * < They weren't suppose to play outside. ||< Girls are able to chose their own husbands. ||< Girls are suppose to act with class. ||
 * < They weren't allowed to have a job. ||< Girls are allowed to speak out against things that they disagreed with. ||< Ladies are to sit with their legs together. ||
 * < Girls were suppose to dress in a conservative way. ||< Girls are now allowed to express themselves. ||< Girls are suppose to have respect for themselves and others. ||
 * < Girls were suppose to be quiet and reserved. ||< We are allowed to dress in any way that we would like. ||< Girls are still suppose to cook and clean. ||
 * < Ladies were expected to do what ever the husband told them to do. ||< Girls are able to take care of themselves. ||< Girls are expected to behave in all circumstances. ||
 * < We are in charge of taking care of the children. ||< Girls are expected to get an education. ||< Girls are free to stay at home and run the house. ||
 * < Girls were expected to wear skirts and dresses. ||< Girls are expected to shave their legs. ||< Girls were able to get a job if their husbands let them. ||
 * < Girls are expected to stay a virgin until marriage. ||< Girls can play sports. ||< Girls are able to consume what they want. ||
 * < Parents usually picked girls husbands for them. ||< Girls are allowed to wear their hair in any way. ||< Girls are suppose to be clean and presentable ||
 * < Girls weren't allowed to play sports. ||< Girls are allowed to do any jobs that they want to do. ||<  ||
 * < Girls weren't suppose to play outside and get dirty. ||< Girls can work with men. ||<  ||
 * < Girls weren't allowed to speak unless they were spoken to. ||< Girls don't have to listen to whatever men say. ||<  ||
 * < Girls were suppose to wear their hair long. ||< Girls are able to share their knowledge with others. ||<  ||
 * < They weren't suppose to jobs that were traditionally for men. ||< Girls drive cars today. ||<  ||
 * < Ladies are suppose to act mature and polite at all times. ||< Girls are able to run for public office. ||<  ||
 * < Girls need to be faithful to their spouse. ||< Girls are able to speak out for what they believe in. ||<  ||
 * < Girls weren't suppose to share all of their knowledge. ||<  ||<   ||
 * Girls didn't drive cars. ||  ||   ||