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'Golden years' of the republic - Coggle Diagram
'Golden years' of the republic
Change in living standards
Wages and work
Workingnhours reduced
Wages rose
working conditions improved
Hyperinflation made employment insecure
Unemployment
3% of workers earnings were deducted to be put towards insurance
Housing
Over 101,000 homes built
Rent tex introduced to help housing
Still a housing shortage but things had improved
Women
At work
Some of the gains in equality from war were lost
most women gave up work after marriage
Few women secured high status jobs regardless of their equal status
Increase in part time work
At leisure
More independence for younger, single women
Women were less intrested in marriage and family
Behaviour of 'new women' was not liked by some men adn women who felt traditional values were gone
In politics
Earned the vote
90% were at elections
Article 109 of constitution stated women had equal rights with men and could enter equal professions on an equal basis
Marriage was an equal partnership
Architecture
Bauhaus school set up in Weimaer
brought together all discipline: art, design, architecture, typography, sculpture
Ideas from bauhaus challenged traditional architecture