Women in German history : from bourgeois emancipation to sexual liberation

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Women in German history : from bourgeois emancipation to sexual liberation

Ute Frevert ; translated by Stuart McKinnon-Evans ; in association with Terry Bond and Barbara Norden

Berg, 1989

Other Title

Frauen-Geschichte zwischen bürgerlicher Verbesserung und neuer Weiblichkeit

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Translation of: Frauen-Geschichte zwischen bürgerlicher Verbesserung und neuer Weiblichkeit

Bibliography: p. 335-337

Includes index

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Description

This is the first comprehensive study of the experiences of women in modern German society. The author examines aspects of change and continuity in the lives of women over the past 200 years and analyses the social differences as well as the common ground shared between women of various classes.

Table of Contents

Contents: Human Rights and Women's Duties in the late 18th Century: Bourgeois Society and Gender -- The 19th Century -- The Discovery of the 'Modern Women' 1914-1933 -- Between Tradition and Modernity: Women in the Third Reich -- Opportunities and Restrictions in the New Republic: 1945-1988 -- Two Hundred Years of Women's History: A Critical Appraisal

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