| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (x, 272 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Monographs in German history ; v. 30
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Monographs in German history ; v. 30.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index. |
| 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. |
| Note |
This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
BMBF-Statusseminar. |
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Single women -- Germany -- History -- 19th century.
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Single women. |
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Germany. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Single women -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Women -- Germany -- History -- 19th century.
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Women. |
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Women -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Title |
Unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Dollard, Catherine Leota. Surplus woman. 1st ed. New York : Berghahn Books, 2009 9781845454807 (DLC) 2009015697 |
| ISBN |
9781845459529 |
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1845459520 |
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9781785336621 (electronic book) |
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1785336622 (electronic book) |
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9781845454807 |
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1845454804 |
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