Weimar Women

Question 1

Who were the Flappers in Germany?

Answer 1

Americanised woman who went against social norms of society.

Question 2

How were women integrated politically?

Answer 2

Women over 21 could vote
32 women had seats in the reichstag

Question 3

What did women do that went against conservative values?

Answer 3

• Smoking
• Drinking Alcohol
• having non married relationships
• Dressed in more ‘Skimpy clothing’

Question 4

Where were women more liberated?

Answer 4

In major cities like Berlin which were deemed as a cultural hub contrastingly own the rural areas they still had very conservative views

Question 5

What was the name of the women feminist group?

Answer 5

Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine (BDF) was the most influential feminist group
- had 900,000 members in 1929
- middle class
- Campaigned for women to play a leading role in naturing professions.

Question 6

Who created backlash against the liberal women movement?

Answer 6

• Conservatives
• The KDK were established to campaign against
  
  • Americanisation
  • birth control
  • homosexuality

Question 7

How was marriage reformed?

Answer 7

Divorce became more accessible making it more frequent

Question 8

What was article 109?

Answer 8

Article 109 of the Weimar Constitution stated that men and women have the same fundamental rights and duties as citizens, including the right to vote and to hold office

Question 9

Women in employment

Answer 9

• Women that had jobs before the war remained in them
• After the war women began to get new jobs in male dominated industry (Factory worker, lawyer and Docter)
• 11 million women were employed in 1919 making up 36% of the work force
• Keeping the same amount in 1929