Women in the Weimar Republic / Helen Boak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boak, Helen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Germany--History--20th century.

Women.

Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933.

Germany.

Germany--Social conditions--1918-1933.

Germany--History--1918-1933.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2013

Summary:

This book is the first comprehensive survey of women in the Weimar Republic, exploring the diversity and multiplicity of women's experiences in the economy, politics and society. Taking the First World War as a starting point, this book explores the great changes in the lives, expectations, and perceptions of German women, with new opportunities in employment, education and political life and greater freedoms in their private and social life, all played out in the media spotlight. Engaging with the most recent research and debates, this book portrays the Weimar Republic as a period of progressive change for young, urban women, to be stalled in 1933. This book will be essential reading for students and researchers of German women in the early twentieth century, and will also appeal to anyone interested in the Weimar Republic and women's history.

Contents:

Women in the First World War

Women and politics

Women and work

Women, the family and sexuality

Women in the public realm.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [300]-344) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781526101624

1526101629

9781526101617

1526101610

OCLC:

980805555