– During the 1920s some women began to exert a sense of independence after having worked outside their homes during the First World War and gaining the right to vote (19th Amendment), yet the majority of women still held very traditional roles; working in the labor force and having political rights raised the expectation of some women resulting in a small increase in the number of women attending college; these social changes became embodied in the flappers of the 1920s who joined in the exuberant spirit of the times and challenging traditional ideas by cutting their hair short, wearing short skirts, and putting on make-up, along with drinking and smoking in public, much to the disapproval of many more conservative women; the changing fashion for women reflected a rejection of the constricted styles of the Victorian era.

• The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, was an Act of the United States Congress that granted US citizenship to the indigenous peoples of the United States, called "Indians" in the Act. 

• While the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution defines as citizens any persons born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction, the amendment had previously been interpreted by the courts to not apply to Native peoples.