UID:
edoccha_9958898550502883
Format:
1 online resource (284 p.)
Edition:
New York ; Oxford, England : Berghahn Books, 2009.
ISBN:
0-85745-600-8
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1-78533-662-2
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1-282-62805-4
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9786612628054
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1-84545-952-0
Series Statement:
Monographs in German History ; Volume 30
Content:
The first German women's movement embraced the belief in a demographic surplus of unwed women, known as the Frauenüberschuß, 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 patterns and left too many bourgeois women without a husband. This book explores the ways in which the realms of literature, sexology, demography, socialism, and female activism addressed the perceived plight of unwed women. Case studies of reformers, including Lily Braun, Ruth Brè, , Elisabeth Gnauck-Kühne
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-85745-313-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84545-480-4
Language:
English
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