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Documents - Gender Roles and Family Relationships in Upheaval
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11.   A Female Engineer Reports (1986)
Putting equality of men and women into practice also proved difficult in the GDR. This account by a female engineer in Bad Salzungen paints a realistic picture of the situation....
12.   Feminist Politics at the Local Level (1986)
This text attests to the broad scope of feminist politics in West Germany. According to the three far-left members of the women’s movement, who also held positions in Frankfurt’s city parliament,....
13.   Declining Birth Rates (1950-1990)
With the end of the baby boom in the late 1960s, birthrates declined dramatically in both German states. Both governments responded with a series of social....
14.   Social Policy and Women (1989)
This table provides an overview of labor and social policy measures specifically targeting the needs of women and mothers. Underscoring the importance of such measures in both German states, it reveals....
15.   Homosexuality in East Germany (retrospective account, 1994)
Eduard Stapel, a gay rights activist, paints a striking picture of the beginnings of the gay rights movement in East Germany, its role within the Protestant Church, and the response it engendered....
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