Feminism and Motherhood in Germany, 1800-1914 / / Ann Taylor Allen.

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• VerfasserIn: Allen, Ann Taylor,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [1991]; ©1991
• Year of Publication: 1991
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (275 p.)

European historians have noted the prominent role of the maternal ethic -- the idea that woman's role as mother extends into society as a whole -- in the theory and practice of German feminism from 1840 to 1914. This body of ideas, however, has seldom been taken seriously. German feminism has b...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part 1 Spiritual Motherhood
• Chapter 1 From Authority to Nurture: Theoretical Origins of Maternal Feminism, 1780-1840
• Chapter 2 The Personal and the Political: Social Origins of Maternal Feminism, 1800-1848
• Chapter 3 Spiritual Motherhood and Revolution: The Beginnings of Organized Feminism, 1848-1852
• Chapter 4 The Great Social Household: The Kindergarten and Women's Mission, 1850-1864
• Chapter 5 Mothers of the Nation: Spiritual Motherhood and Organized Feminism, 1865-1877
• Chapter 6 Mothers of the City: The Pestalozzi-Froebel House and the Creation of an Urban Role for Women, 1873-1900
• Part 2 Motherhood, Social Reform, and the State
• Chapter 7 Mothers, Children, and the Law, 1888-1902
• Chapter 8 Motherhood, Culture, and Evolution: Some New Perspectives, 1890-1914
• Chapter 9 Motherhood as Right and Duty: The Campaign against Infant Mortality, 1904-1914
• Chapter 10 Motherhood as Choice: The Campaign for Reproductive Rights, 1908-1914
• Chapter 11 Motherhood and Social Reform: The Careers of Alice Salomon, Anna von Gierke, and Frieda Duensing, 1890-1914
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Archival Sources
• Index