Toronto In The 1920s Essay

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Toronto in the 1920’s included the advancement of woman status and rights, new leisure activities, the creation of the NHL and technology (cinema, radio and television). The leisure activities included travelling to cottages and beaches, sports and recreational activities included topagging, bob sleighing and the introduction of hockey (White 47).White collar workers and blue collar workers caused a class division and placed workers in separate industries and created a class system ( Piva 17). Toronto’s leisure activities shifted each season and depended on each person’s economic status. Winter sports included bob sleighing, topagging, and skating. Popular hills for topagganing also functioned as a place for teenagers to gather and meet. …show more content…

New technology changed entertainment, including the radio, and television, phonographs, and cinema , and newspapers. Radio changed the way message and news were disseminated, invented by Ted Edwards Rogers (wireless radio), and local channels included ( CFRB, CFCB) The broadcasting of the Globe had five radio stations in Toronto - CFCA, CFRB,CFCL CKGW and CKNC) (White 81). Phonographs played popular music at the time, mostly European. Popular singers heard at the time included Al Jolson, and popular songs included “ Happy Gary, Amos and Andy, The Shadow, Fred Allen and Jack Benny. Entertainment included musical theatre; popular plays included the Rio Rita and The Broadway melody, the cinema played movies such as Santas Paradaise . Musicians included The New Symphony (led by Lugis Von Kunits) Hart House String Quartet, Toronto’s militia bandsman, and the Mendelssahn …show more content…

Prominent woman figures included Nellie MClung, Women’s jobs included office girls, sales people,nurses, school teachers and telephone operators and for a brief period took over men’s jobs in the war. Women in the 1920’s, predominately stayed at home as housewives. For the first time were allowed to vote in 1921. White collar woman jobs industries included categories of clothing / allied products (10.042) workers, iron and steel - 9,343 products, food and allied products 4,610 .printing and engraving (4,402) wood products 3,157 , leather / rubber goods (2,8186 workers), In the 1920’s several restrictions impacted the way people lived; the Ontario Temperance Act prohibited people from buying alcohol, in 1921. The Ontario Temperance Act Chinese workers were not allowed to hire white woman, certain activities were prohibited on a Sunday including driving new cars, and the building of house (White

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