Women earned the right to vote at the start of the decade, giving them more freedom than ever before. The new women of the 1920s had a carefree attitude and fully participated in New York City nightlife donning short haircuts to convey their newfound freedom. More women were working white-collar jobs and, for the first time, were engaging in capitalism with their own money. In John Sloan’s Sixth Avenue Elevated at Third Street, Sloan captures the new energy of the nightlife scene in New York in the 1920s, focusing on young women fluttering about in activity while the men walk passively in the background. These jazz age women are unlike any others depicted in previous decades — they drink, dance and vote as they please. (https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/new-york/articles/10-artworks-that-capture-nyc-in-the-1920s/)