Women now have just about as many rights as men and women are financially independent and can be as successful as they would like to be. But this novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, tells the story of Nick Carraway who is drawn in by the mystery and enticed by his next door neighbor Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into this social circle and is exposed to the inner workings of the women of the upper class, the complexities and the catastrophes. The women of this time period had only recently achieved the right to vote, men and women were still worlds apart when it came to rights. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald develops female characters directly and indirectly to explore the facade of the stereotypical women of the 1920's. By delving into what these women say, what they do, and what others say about them.

             Females say things that make them out to seem stereotypical of the wealthy women of the era. These wealthy women do not have jobs (common of 1920's era women) and they have no concept of what life is usually like. Nick describes Daisy as insincere after when talking about her infant daughter, she hopes that "she'll be a fool "that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. Daisy shows that she does not put any value in the intellect because of her influence from the society and environment that she is placed in. She accepts the social concepts of her era instead of having her own point of view. On the other hand, Mrs. Wilson challenges the values of the 1920's era by talking back to Tom Buchanan "I'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai-". Mrs. Wilson fought conforming to the social standard of the 1920's, which gave Tom Buchanan the right to break "her nose with his open hand". Mrs. Wilson gives the impression of a classy, beautiful, simple woman, is actually an activist in a world of and older generation which looks for helplessness and compliance in women.