Feminist Politics beyond the Reichstag Helene Stöcker and Visions of Reform

• Published in: Weimar Publics/Weimar Subjects p. 138
• Main Author: KRISTIN MCGUIRE
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berghahn Books 15.08.2010
• Edition: NED - New edition, 1
• Subjects: Applied ecology; Biological sciences; Bunds; Conservation buffers; Ecology; Environmental management; Feminism; Gender equality; Gender politics; Gender studies; Human rights; International politics; International relations; Jurisprudence; Law; Maternalism; Natural law; Natural resource management; Natural resources conservation; Natural rights; Nature conservation; Pacifism; Philosophy of law; Political activism; Political change; Political ideologies; Political movements; Political philosophy; Political processes; Political reform; Political science; Political sociology; Political violence; Politics; Social sciences; Womens rights
• ISBN: 9781782381075; 1782381074

Headlines in Berlin dailies in the early months of 1919—and especially in the women’s press—were full of calls for women to recognize their privileges and duties as citizens (Staatsbürgerinnen) of the new republic. Slogans such as “Women, learn to vote!” “Women in the forefront!” and “Voting rights are voting duties!” called women into the new democratic polity where they were to be equal, voting members. Gaining suff rage and constitutional equality marked a moment of triumph for many women who had been active in suff rage campaigns since the late nineteenth century. Th e enthusiasm surrounding the vote