A Study Of The Middle-Class Women's Movement In Germany(1848-1918)

Along with the advancement of 19th-century industrialisation, Germany middle-class women groups began to rise.First of all, due to the refinement of social division of labor, a growing number of middle-class women out of their homes, into the field of social production, form a larger professional group.Second, charity activities for women into the public domain provides an important way, the emergence of women in the community charity. Thirdly, the early feminist movement of the British and French also affected the development of the German women's groups to a certain extent, and finally developed into a massive German middle class women's movement in the second half of the 19th century.This article mainly inspects the 1848 revolution to world war I, Germany the rise of the middle class women's movement, the development and change. Baptism by the revolution of 1848, the German women's self-consciousness awakening. In the 1860s movement into the mature stage, movement can be roughly divided into three groups.Moderate goal lies in solving the practical problems of women, their activities focused on the improvement of women's education, creating jo'bs, change the existing laws. Radicals are paid more attention to fight for women's rights from the perspective of political,sexual morality, they actively participate in political activities. The Jewish women's group is committed to improving the employment situation and assisting victims of anti-Jewish policies.World War I disrupted the normal process, facing war most feminists chose to participate in war no longer focus on simple women's issues. War has attracted the attention of all, in the traditional sense of the women's movement in 1914 ended when the war broke out.After decades of efforts by the women's movement, the education and employment situation of middle-class women have changed significantly, but the efforts to win the political power have become slow and difficult. In the final analysis, one is because women lack political power, can not fully lead the movement process; Second, the internal division of the movement greatly weakened the overall strength and prestige of women's movement; Third, the war led to the collective movement of women, a large number of women into the rear support, Once the sensation of women's movement quietly into the vortex of war.