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Author Dollard, Catherine Leota.

Title The surplus woman : unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 / Catherine L. Dollard
Edition 1st ed
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 272 pages) : illustrations
Series Monographs in German history ; v. 30
Monographs in German history ; v. 30.
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
Summary 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 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index
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SUBJECT BMBF-Statusseminar gnd
Subject Single women -- Germany -- History -- 19th century
Single women -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Women -- Germany -- History -- 19th century
Women -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Marriage.
HISTORY -- General.
Single women
Women
Frauenbewegung
Frauenüberschuss
Ledige Frau
Soziale Rolle
Sozialer Wandel
Stereotyp
Germany
Deutschland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781845459529
1845459520
9781785336621
1785336622
9786612628054
6612628057
9780857453136
0857453130
9781282628052
1282628054
Other Titles Unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918