Entangled Emancipation: Women's Rights in Cold War Germany

By: Ruble, Alexandria

In 1900, German legislators passed the Civil Code, a controversial law that designated women as second-class citizens with regard to marriage, parental rights, and marital property. Despite the upheavals in early twentieth-century Germany - the fall of the German Empire after the First World War, the tumultuous Weimar Republic, and the destructive Third Reich - the Civil Code remained the law of the land. After Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945 and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148755026X
• ISBN13: 9781487550264
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher