Women in German History From Bourgeois Emancipation to Sexual Liberation [Paperback]

This is the first comprehensive study of the experiences of women in modern German society. The author examines aspects of change and continuity in the lives of women over the past 200 years and analyses the social differences as well as the common ground shared between women of various classes.

Human Rights and Women's Duties in the late 18th Century: Bourgeois Society and Gender -- The 19th Century -- The Discovery of the 'Modern Women' 1914-1933 -- Between Tradition and Modernity: Women in the Third Reich -- Opportunities and Restrictions in the New Republic: 1945-1988 -- Two Hundred Years of Women's History: A Critical Appraisal

Ute Frevert is Professor of Modern History at the University of Bielefeld. Translated from the German by Stuart McKinnon-Evans, Barbara Norden and Terry Bond.

... a benchmark for future research. It is a well-written, balanced account which should become standard reading for all those interested in German and in women's history. European History Quarterly

... ambitious and impressive textbook. Journal of Women's History