Socialism and Feminism in Imperial Germany
@article{Honeycutt1979SocialismAF, title={Socialism and Feminism in Imperial Germany}, author={Karen Honeycutt}, journal={Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society}, year={1979}, volume={5}, pages={30 - 41} }
Germany before 1914 was the home of the largest, best-organized, and most militantly class-conscious socialist women's movement in Europe.' Although the percentage of women employed in German industry was smaller than in Austria, Great Britain, or France,2 it was in Germany that the organizational model for all socialist women developed. Ultimately, however, the German socialist women's movement was no more successful than its counterparts elsewhere in sustaining a balanced commitment to both…
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