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Feminism in Germany as a modern movement began during the Wilhelmine period (1888–1918) with individual women and women's rights groups pressuring a range of traditional institutions, from universities to government, to open their doors to women.
The emergence of women's movements and the discussion of women's rights was contingent on the French Revolution's goals to achieve universal equality. [5] [6] On 14 September 1791, French feminist Olympe de Gouges demanded equal rights for men and women. [7] During this period, the women's movement was influenced predominantly by class issues. [8]
Prelinger, Catherine M. Charity, Challenge, and Change Religious Dimensions of the Mid-Nineteenth-Century Women's Movement in Germany (1987). Rowold, Katharina. The educated woman: minds, bodies, and women's higher education in Britain, Germany, and Spain, 1865-1914 (2011). Sagarra, Eda. A Social History of Germany 1648–1914 (1977, 2002 edition).
More than 30 essays written in 1934 and long forgotten shed light on why German women voted for a movement that mostly focused on its male party members. The rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party in ...
The crimes of women in early modern Germany (Oxford University Press, 1999). Ruble, Alexandria N. Entangled Emancipation: Women’s Rights in Cold War Germany ((University of Toronto Press, 2023) online scholarly review of this book; Rupp, Leila J. Mobilizing women for war: German and American propaganda, 1939-1945 (Princeton University Press ...
The Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine (Federation of German Women's Associations) (BDF) was founded on 28/29 March 1894 as umbrella organization of the women's civil rights feminist movement and existed until the Nazi seizure of power in 1933.
The National Council of German Women's Organizations – German Women's Lobby (German: Deutscher Frauenrat – Lobby der Frauen in Deutschland) is a German umbrella organization for organizations concerned with women's rights and gender equality. One of Europe's largest women's organizations, it includes 62 member organizations with 11 million ...
It was the part of the period of activity some call "First-wave feminism", in which women in some countries, including Germany, led movements aimed to increase women's rights. The foundation of the JFB shaped a distinct movement situated at the intersection of German society and Jewish tradition. [4]