The 1920's and 30's were a particularly unfortunate time to be a young woman, because after the slaughter of young men in ww1, not only were young men then (hyp

The 1920's and 30's were a particularly unfortunate time to be a young woman, because after the slaughter of young men in ww1, not only were young men then (hypocritically) put on a pedestal, but there were fewer to go round, making for a somewhat unnatural competition between women. The results in terms of women's lives can be found in the literature of this era, although not always foregrounded (for example, in Dorothy L Sayers)