How did freedom change between the Gilded Age and the 1920s?

I would argue that the conception of freedom in the Gilded
Age was more of a concept of economic freedom.  By the time the '20s came around,
freedom was defined more in terms of personal choices.

The
Gilded Age was an era of laissez-faire capitalism.  It was also an era in which only the
rich had a great deal of freedom.  The rest of the people did not have as much freedom
because they did not have enough money.  Therefore, their lives were circumscribed by
the need to work.  During this time, freedom was seen as the freedom to compete
economically.  The "robber barons" were the ones who won this
competition.

By the '20s, there was a much larger middle
class than there had been.  This middle class had the money and the time to do things
for fun.  Because of this, freedom came to be defined in terms of personal choices. 
Freedom now was the freedom to go to a speakeasy or to wear the clothes of a flapper. 
There was still laissez-faire to a great degree, but the common idea of freedom was more
of a personal freedom as opposed to an economic type of
freedom.

So, the major difference is that freedom in the
Gilded Age was economic freedom and freedom in the '20s was personal
freedom.