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Weimar Germany - Women Flashcards

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Evidence that women had an increased status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (politics)
-Suffrage and involvement in government

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  • Women were granted the vote by the council of People’s Representatives
  • First election turnout for women was 90%
  • Women took seats in the local government & the Reichstag
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Evidence that women had an increased status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (politics)
-The constitution

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Article 109, marriage should be an equal union & women should be able to enter legal professions

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Evidence that women had an increased status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (politics)
-Campaigning

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women’s associations campaigned for free contraception & the right to abort under certain circumstances such a rape

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Evidence that women had an increased status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (work & employment)
-doctors

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  • Over 2500 women doctors were employed in 1925
  • & that doubled by 1933
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Evidence that women had an increased status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (work & employment)
-education

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Possible for single women to go into further education

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Evidence that women had an increased status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (work & employment)
-‘white blouse’

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‘White blouse jobs’ were available due to WWI - meaning women could work as secretaries & in shops

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Evidence that women had an increased status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (work & employment)
-lawyers

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  • Women could qualify as lawyers
  • by 1933, 36 women lawyers
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Evidence that women had an increased status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (new women)
-qualities of new women

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  • shorter hair
  • more revealing clothes
  • smoke
  • drank
  • greater sexual freedom - greater access to contraception
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Evidence that women had an increased status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (new women)
-media

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new fashion movements were promoted via magazines such as German Vogue

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Evidence that women had an increased status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (The Depression)

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  • women suffered a less steep level of unemployment, as they were cheaper to employ
  • 46% of men were unemployed from The Depression compared to 33% of women
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Evidence that women had a restricted status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (politics)
-The constitution

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Women were still perceived as second class citizens, and their status was not changed under the civil code

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Evidence that women had a restricted status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (politics)
Opposition

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  • Resistance to women in politics came from a majority belief:
  • rising divorce rates, falling birth rates & campaigns for abortion were the result of less domestic female roles
  • believed by many that women should return to ‘Kinder, Kuche, Kircher’
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Evidence that women had a restricted status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (work & employment)
-‘white blouse jobs’

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  • In the long term, government policy was that women should give up jobs to returning soldiers
  • this meant the female workforce declined from 36% to 34% nearing pre-war levels
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Evidence that women had a restricted status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (work & employment)
-trade unions

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trade unions didn’t like women working & were avidly against women being paid

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Evidence that women had a restricted status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (work & employment)
-single/married women

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  • Single working women were accepted more than married working women,
  • with married women having practicality issues (schooldays/restricted work life)
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Evidence that women had a restricted status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (work & employment)
-pay gap

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women were paid 33% less than their male counterparts

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Evidence that women had a restricted status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (new women)
rural vs urban

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  • Rural areas such as the Rhineland were still very traditional,
  • it was only in urban areas that such progressive ideas were pursued
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Evidence that women had a restricted status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (new women)
discrimination

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‘new women’ were sexually discriminated against in the workplace

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Evidence that women had a restricted status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (new women)
the media

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  • Heavily criticised by the media for:
  • their new image
  • not planning their futures or saving
  • being ‘selfish’
  • causing the downfall of society by going against the norms taking a boyish style & manner
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Evidence that women had a restricted status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (The Depression)
Decree

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Chancellor Bruning passed a decree allowing for the dismissal of married women in government service if they had husbands who were earning

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Evidence that women had a restricted status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (The Depression)
Hostility

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-rise in male unemployment caused more hostility towards working women

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Evidence that women had a restricted status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (The Depression)
restrictions of work

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  • women were the first fired
  • and the last hired
  • & usually only had part-time jobs
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Evidence that women had a restricted status in society from the Second Reich to the Weimar Republic (The Depression)
campaigns

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campaigns for equality became scarce during economic crisis

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