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100 1 _aDollard, Catherine L.
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245 1 0 _aThe Surplus Woman : Unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918
260 _bBerghahn Books
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520 _aThe first German women’s movement embraced the belief in a demographic surplus of unwed women, known as the Frauenüberschuß, 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. Case studies of reformers, including Lily Braun, Ruth Bré, Elisabeth Gnauck-Kühne, Helene Lange, Alice Salomon, Helene Stöcker, and Clara Zetkin, demonstrate the expansive influence of the discourse surrounding a female surfeit. By combining cultural, social, and gender history, The Surplus Woman provides the first sustained analysis of imperial Germans' anxiety over female marital status as both a product and a reflection of changing times.
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650 7 _aEuropean history
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653 _aHistory
653 _ahistory of feminism
653 _awomen's movement
653 _awomen's history
653 _aImperial Germany
653 _aModernity
653 _aBerlin
653 _aBourgeoisie
653 _aMiddle class
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