Emerging from the rubble: "No more bomb attacks ... but nothing more to eat" -- Constituting political bodies: Gender and the basic law -- Legislating women's place -- Reconstructed families in reconstruction Germany -- Protecting mothers' work -- Women's equality and the family's protection: The Family Law Reform of 1957
Summary
Robert G. Moeller is the first historian of modern German women to use social policy as a lens to focus on society's conceptions of gender difference and ""woman's place."" He investigates the social, economic, and political status of women in West Germany after World War II to reveal how the West Germans, emerging from the rubble of the Third Reich, viewed a reconsideration of gender relations as an essential part of social reconstruction. The debate over ""w
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-331) and index
