Women of the early 1900s were focused on pleasure, beauty, and glamour. Many depended on a spouse and characterized social status with money. Women of this time period were especially materialistic; most of the female characters in The Great Gatsby displayed a value for wealth.
             Daisy's first priority obviously wasn't her family. Throughout the entire account, Daisy's daughter was mentioned once. In chapter seven, we meet Daisy's daughter, who enters with a nanny. Both Daisy and Tom do not have a routine occupation, but they don't have the time to raise their own daughter. When Caroline and Nick discuss Tom and Myrtle's affair, Caroline states, "It's really his wife that's keeping them apart. She's a Catholic and they don't believe in divorce."(38) Nick knew that Daisy wasn't Catholic. So then why didn't the Buchannans get a divorce? Because Tom had the money for Daisy to live in luxury and she feared independence. In the past, Daisy truly loved Gatsby. She never married him because he was living in poverty and enlisted in the army. "Daisy bent her head into the shirts and cried stormily."(98) She wept at the sight of Gatsby's shirts. She regretted leaving him because she had an opportunity to have true love and wealth.
             Jordan Baker remained unattached throughout most of the story. She is asserted as having a free-willed and lackadaisical personality. "They'll keep out of my way, it takes two to make an accident." (63) She is the solitary female in the novel that isn't hunting for an affluent husband. During the time-scheme of the account, Baker only participates in a relationship with Nick, which was shown to be a casual fling that ended abruptly.
             This was the era of the get-rich-quick mentality. It is no surprise that women of this time period were in pursuit of happiness and wealth. The Jazz Age expan...