Golden Age - Women & Youth

Question 1

Define ‘new woman’

Answer 1

someone who symbolised the way a woman’s’ life changed after WW1

Question 2

Name traits of a ‘new woman’

Answer 2

• free & independent
• sexually liberated
• visible in public life
• voting rights
• opportunities for employment
• others you might think of!

Question 3

How many German males were killed in WW1?

Answer 3

Over 2 million

Question 4

What did the Civil Code of 1896 declare about married life?

Answer 4

The husband still had the right to control all matters of their wife

Question 5

Membership figures of the League of German Women (BDF)

Answer 5

900,000

Question 6

What did the League of German Women do?

Answer 6

Organisation that promoted traditionalist views of women

Question 7

% of women in workforce in 1925

Answer 7

36%

Question 8

Number of female teachers by 1933

Answer 8

100,000

Question 9

Estimated abortions per year

Answer 9

1 million

Question 10

List reasons women lost their jobs

Answer 10

• Ex soldiers returning
• Marriage
• accused of ‘double earners’
• pregnancy

Question 11

Estimated deaths per year from abortions (1930)

Answer 11

10-12,000

Question 12

Number of female representatives in the Reichsrat

Answer 12

None

Question 13

Who was Clara Zetkin

Answer 13

Member of the KPD in the Reichstag from 1920-1933

Question 14

List reasons for high youth unemployment

Answer 14

• Leaving family traditions
• School drop-outs
• Unemployment nationally
• Baby boom (1900-1910)

Question 15

City with high numbers of youth cliques

Answer 15

Hamburg

Question 16

Name the three types of youth groups

Answer 16

• Wandervogel
• Church youth groups
• Political youth groups