Women in Weimar Germany

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  • Women in Weimar Germany
    • Other Facts
      • Live births / 1000 women
        • 1925 - 80
        • 1911 - 128
        • 1933 - 59
      • Divorces / 100000 inhabitants
        • 1920 - 59
        • 1932 - 65
        • 1913 - 27
    • Work
      • WWI
        • Weimar policy of women must give up jobs for  returning soldiers
        • 1925 - 36% of workforce female
          • Pre-war levels - 34%
        • Many 'white blouse jobs' taken up by women that did not exist before the war
      • Professions
        • Law
          • Lower levels 1933 - 251
          • Lower levels 1925 - 54
          • 1933 - 36 female lawyers
        • Doctor
          • 1925 - 2500 women doctors
          • 1933 - Just under 5000 women doctors
      • Discrimination
        • Single women could work but it was expected they leave when they get married
        • Office work - Women paid 33% less then men
        • The school day finished at mid day so childcare was needed for full time working mothers
        • 1925 - Over 250000 women doing poorly paid work from home
          • 1935 - Around 500000 women
        • 1925 - 36% of women in workplace were working in poorly paid manual jobs
        • Trade Unions male dominated and opposed women in work, equal pay and equal conditions
          • Especially opposed to married women in the workplace. So-called 'double earners'
      • The Depression
        • Women suffered less redundancy then men because they were cheaper to pay
        • Suffered in the crash and depression
        • 46% of men unemployed compared to 33% of women
        • 30 May 1932 - Bruning passed a decree allowing for the dismissal of married women in Govt service if they had husbands who were earning
          • Similar thing happening in industry
          • Women - the last to be hired and the first to be fired
    • New Women
      • Appearance and Attitude
        • Wore revealing clothing
        • Cut their hair short
        • Behaved with the freedom of a man
        • Smoked and drank
        • Took advantage of contraception for sexual freedom

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