Women in the FRG Flashcards
(10 cards)
What proportion of the Bundestag was female in 1989?
15%
Which party increased the influence of women in politics in the FRG?
The growth of the Green party; lots of women involved.
How many women were on the council to draw up the basic law in the FRG?
Only 4.
Extent of progress in terms of abortion in the FRG.
More pro- abortion feminist groups and protests.
Abortion legalised in 1974, but then struck down by courts in 1975.
Evidence of encouragement of women to have children in the FRG.
Kinder, Kirche, Kuche continued.
1953 benefits to women for having children.
Evidence of less centrality of the female role as a wife/mother in the FRG.
1977 Marriage and Family Law- gave equal rights in marriage and women able to divorce.
What survey is evidence of persisting traditional ideals in the FRG?
1982 survey found that people perceived men as being breadwinners.
1989, half of women with children under 15 didn’t have children.
What limited women working in government jobs in the FRG?
Celibacy clause.
Who was favoured for jobs over women in the FRG?
Guest workers.
Evidence of increased employment rights for women in the FRG?
After 1958, women didn’t need their husbands’ permission to work.
Rubble women at the beginning of the FRG.
