The surplus woman : unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 /

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The first German women's movement embraced the belief in a demographic surplus of unwed women, known as the Frauenberschuß, as a central leitmotif in the campaign for reform. Proponents of the female surplus held that the advances of industry and urbanization had upset traditional marriage patt...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dollard, Catherine Leota
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Monographs in German history ; v. 30.
Subjects:
BMBF-Statusseminar
1800-1999
Single women > Germany > History > 19th century.
Single women > Germany > History > 20th century.
Women > Germany > History > 19th century.
Women > Germany > History > 20th century.
Femmes seules > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes seules > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Marriage.
HISTORY > General.
Single women.
Women.
Frauenbewegung
Frauenüberschuss
Ledige Frau
Soziale Rolle
Sozialer Wandel
Stereotyp
Germany.
Deutschland
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The alte Jungfer
  • Sexology and the single woman
  • Imagined demography
  • The maternal spirit
  • Moderate activism : Helene Lange and Alice Salomon
  • Radical reform : Helene Stöcker, Ruth Bré, and Lily Braun
  • Socialism and singleness : Clara Zetkin
  • Spiritual salvation : Elisabeth Gnauck-Kühne.

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