The Surplus Woman

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...

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Main Author: Dollard, Catherine L. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berghahn Books 2009
Series:Monographs in German History
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