Women in Weimar

Question 1

What was the German woman’s role described as?

Answer 1

Kinder Küche Kirche

Question 2

How many men were killed in WW1 and what did this mean to the German women population?

Answer 2

1.6 million men.
Left a large part of the women population without a man and they also couldn’t find other men due to a lack of the,(surplus women)

Question 3

When were women given the vote?

Answer 3

12 November 1918

Question 4

How many women were there in the Reichstag between 1919-32?

Answer 4

112 women

Question 5

What did Article 109 of the Weimar constitution entail?

Answer 5

In principle women had equal rights

Question 6

Which political party supported women’s rights?

Answer 6

The SPD

Question 7

What became a concern regarding women in the Reichstag?

Answer 7

The falling birth rate and increased divorce rate

Question 8

How much did the birth rate fall by?

Answer 8

1911 = 128 births/1000 women
1925 = 80 births/1000 women
1933 = 59 births/1000 women

Question 9

How much did the divorce rate rise by?

Answer 9

1913 = 27/100000 people
1932 = 65/100000 people

Question 10

What did women’s associations campaign for?

Answer 10

Free contraception
Right to abortion under certain circumstances (rape)

Question 11

What was weimar policy over women working after the war?

Answer 11

Women should give up their jobs for the returning men

Question 12

What was the percentage of women working in 1925?

Answer 12

36%
(was 35% during the war)

Question 13

Which sector of industry increased after the war?

Answer 13

White blouse jobs

Question 14

Why was there opposition to women getting jobs in advanced professions (doctors lawyers etc)?

Answer 14

Jobs wanted single women who could commit to long-term training.

Question 15

Which type of women were jobs intended for?

Answer 15

Single women
Married women were needed to look after house work and the children.

Question 16

How many female lawyers were there by 1933?

Answer 16

36

Question 17

How did the number of female doctors increase?

Answer 17

1925 = 2,500 doctors
1933 = 5,000 doctors

Question 18

How many of the women working in 1925 were doing low paid manual jobs?

Answer 18

36%

Question 19

Why were male dominated trade unions unhappy by women earning a wage?

Answer 19

They did not like the concept of ‘double earners’ (dual income) and they would much rather have more men earning money to support their families.

Question 20

What were the NEW women like?

Answer 20

They wanted more freedom
They wore more revealing clothes
Cut their hair short
Smoked and drank alcohol
Used contraception (sexual freedom)

Question 21

How did the politicians and media react to the NEW women?

Answer 21

Politicians and the media both criticised the women and called them immoral and urged them to marry.

However the advertising and film industry loved them hence they received public approval.

Question 22

Where did the NEW women live?

Answer 22

In the cities

Question 23

What affect did the depression have on women?

Answer 23

Both men and suffered unemployment due to the depression. However, women were affected less as they were cheaper to employ than men.

Question 24

What was the percentage of women who were unemployed to me who were unemployed during the great depression?

Answer 24

33% of women unemployed
46% of men unemployed

Question 25

When and what did Bruning pass which affected married women in government service?

Answer 25

On 30 May 1932, Bruning passed a decree which allowed the dismissal of married women in government service if they had husbands who were working.