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Weimar Aspects of Life - Coggle Diagram
Weimar Aspects of Life
Women
Changes in the Weimar
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Socially more accepted, back in 1928 there was a book about an illegitimate child which was a bestseller.
Social issues like the ‘Frauenberschuss (supply or leftover women), flapper (American Jazz and swing culture), and double shift (working and doing the housework).
The 'New Woman'
The New woman describes a younger woman in Weimar Germany and were different in their appearance, behavior and employment from the older generation. For example, they cut their hair short, example the ‘Bubikopf’ hairstyle, they smoke and drank which was considered ‘unwoman’ like and broke traditional roles like showing knees.
Continuity?
Most women did not experience any change, only women who gave up the traditional view of a woman and started to work in office and factory jobs experience any noticeable change. This was concentrated in built up city areas.
Frauenüberschuss: Refers to ‘surplus’ or ‘leftover’ women, used as an offensive term and is around due to women not being able to get married off as the ratio of men to women after the war was unequal.
Ethnic Minorities
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Economic Changes
Changed - 75% of Jewish men had professional jobs, compared to only 25% of the non-Jewish population. They made up 11% of doctors and 16% of lawyers, and were represented in arts and media. 40% of the textile industry was owned by jews and 80% of department stores were also owned by Jews. Black Musicians from America earned 4x more than they could in the USA.
Continued - 20% of Jews were impoverished, mostly being eastern Jews fleeing persecution.
Education
Changes
Abolition of the elite preparatory schools and the introduction of four-year basic schools (Grundschulen) reducing class divisions opening up opportunities for poorer families
Progressive teachers in primary schools improved teaching by replacing authoritarian methods with child friendly styles of teaching.
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Types of schools
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Realgymnasium: School which integrated the needs of the modern world. Tough latin greek sciences and maths.
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Steiner theory: New idea of schooling which rejected hierarchy and emphasised whole body learning integrating music and pictures into his lesson. He also argued that schools should be independent and no one but the students should profit.
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