The Surplus Woman

• Päätekijä: Dollard, Catherine L. (auth)
• Aineistotyyppi: Elektroninen Kirjan osa
• Kieli: englanti
• Julkaistu: Berghahn Books 2009
• Sarja: Monographs in German History
• Linkit: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The 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 pa...