INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939
NAZISM IN GERMANY
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Women enjoyed much more freedom. They were allowed out unescorted, drank and smoked in public, were fashion conscious, had their hair cut short and wore make-up.
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There were less female representatives in the German government than in the USA and British government.
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Women were more likely to stay at home and work as housewives.
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Women over the age of 21 were allowed to vote as long as they were married.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Women received further rights that were protected under the Constitution including equal rights with men, the right to enter any employment and marriage becoming an equal partnership. Like Britain, many women in Germany worked in factories and did other war work during the First World War.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Weimar Republic granted equal rights and suffrage to women in 1919. This provided the constitutional basis for women’s participation in politics. The ‘New Woman’ figure was both real and symbolic of the social and democratic change in women’s lives.
Detailed explanation-3: -26 Women were beginning to sour on their so-called freedoms and equalities. As a result of being overextended in the home and in the workplace, women could not devote time to the political process. Due to the high expectations of society, Weimar Women were in no position to redefine their role in society or politics.
Detailed explanation-4: -The 1920s were a difficult and unstable time for Germany. As well as having to come to terms with the Treaty of Versailles’ punishments, it was a time of invasion, economic decline, putsches (rebellions) but also a huge growth in cultural freedoms and political rights.