2.2. Society Flashcards
What percentage of the workforce were women by 1925?
36%
What employment rights did women have?
Right to equal pay
Equal civil service employment opportunities
How many female doctors were there by 1933?
3,000
What attacks were made on married women who worked?
Accused of being ‘double earners’
What did demobilisation laws require of women?
They vacate their job for a returning front line soldier
Was equal pay actually achieved?
No
How many abortions were happening per year by 1930
1 million
Why did the birth rate in Germany decline?
Increase in access to birth control
What happened to the number of divorces?
Increased
How many deaths happened from abortions and why?
10,000 per year
Backstreet abortions due to continuing illegality
What attacks were made on women due to declining birth rates?
They were accused of being ‘birth strikers’
How many women were elected to the Reichstag in 1919?
41 (higher ratio than the House of Commons)
Give 3 examples of how women were still discriminated against in politics
No women in Reichsrat (1958 in House of Lords)
No women in any cabinet (1929 in UK)
No women party leaders (1975 in UK)
What parties were most least and most attractive to women and why was this unusual?
KPD least attractive even though offered gender equality.
DVP and DNVP most attractive even though disdained of gender equality
What was the 1896 civil code?
Husband controlled family life and could decide if his wife should take employment
How many members did the League of German Women have?
900,000
Name a prominent female politician from each side of the political divide
Clara Zetkin (KPD,1920-33) Paula Müller (DNVP, 1920-33)
Name 2 youth groups and their membership
Wandervogel (80,000) Bismarck Youth (40,000)
In 1925-6, what proportion of the unemployed were aged 14-21?
17%
Give 2 reasons why youth unemployment was so high
Baby boom in 1900s increased competition
Fewer apprenticeships and employment opportunities for those leaving school and not going to Gymnasium schools
What did many youths join?
Youth cliques
Give 2 ways in which the government helped young people
Benefits
Day centres to give young people employment skills
In Hamburg, how much did youth crime fall by between 1917 and 1928?
70%
Name 2 prominent Jewish politicians
Walther Rathenau
Hugo Haase
Kurt Eisner (Ratterepublik)
Rosa Luxembourg
Who was the Jewish editor of the Berliner Tageblatt?
Theodor Wolff
What industries did Jews dominate in Silesia?
Coal, steel and chemicals
What proportion of private banks were owned by Jews?
50%
Name a big Jewish bank?
Rothschilds
What proportion of lawyers were Jews (and in Berlin?)?
16% (50%)
What proportion of German Nobel prize winners were Jewish?
24%
Give 2 ways that Jews had assimilated?
Married non Jews
Converted to Christianity
When did Jewish hatred spark up?
Spartacist uprising (Jewish Bolshevism) Hyperinflation (Jewish capitalist userers)
