Women In Weimar Government

Question 1

What was the German civil code of 1900?

Answer 1

Said women could not vote, could not practice law or other professions, married women had no legal status; kinder kirche kuche

Question 2

How did the war help women?

Answer 2

Led to more work - 75% of working women in work 1918

Question 3

When did women get the vote?

Answer 3

1918

Question 4

How many women had seats in the reichstag 1919-1932?

Answer 4

112

Question 5

What did article 109 say?

Answer 5

In principle women and equal rights, marriage should be equal and women should be able to enter professions

Question 6

Did the reichstag support women’s rights?

Answer 6

Some did, others were concerned about the falling brith rate and high divorce rates

Question 7

Give examples of change for women in work

Answer 7

More women in white blouse jobs, more women qualified as lawyers and number of women doctors doubled from 2,500 in 1925-33

Question 8

Examples of continuity for Weimar Republic

Answer 8

Women were paid 33% less than men in office work, employer still preferred single women, hard to find childcare, in 1925 over a quarter of a million women were doing poorly paid jobs. This doubled by 1935

Question 9

Describe two features of the new woman

Answer 9

• flappers

- sexual freedom

Question 10

Who glorified women as independent role models?

Answer 10

Advertisements and film industries

Question 11

What factors increased hostility towards women?

Answer 11

Depression and unemployment

Question 12

Why did the depression affect women less than men?

Answer 12

Women were cheaper to employ so less likely to lose jobs.

1932 46% of men unemployed but only 33% of women

Question 13

What did the chancellor bruning do in 1932?

Answer 13

Passes a law saying married women could be fired if their husbands were working