germany stats - women

by 1891 what were women guaranteed?

six weeks maternity leave and an 11-hr working day

by 1886, how many members did the Society for the Protection of Women Workers’ Interests have?

1000 members

in 1919, how much did women members make up the new Weimar Parliament?

9.6%

throughout Weimar, what was the percentage of female Reichstag members?

6 - 7%

what was the percentage of female members in Germany’s state parliaments?

6.1%

how much did the BDF (union of German Feminist Organisations) grow in from 1914 - 1920s?

300,000 to 900,000

between 1933 - 1935 how much did the number of female secondary school teachers decline by?

15%

what was the limit placed on female enrolment at German universities under Nazi rule?

10%

what was the percentage of women making up the clothing industry in the Nazi period?

66%

what was the percentage of women in the metalworking industry in the Nazi period?

12%

in 1943 how many German women aged 17 - 45 were conscripted into work?

3 million

how many women were actually conscripted under the forced work conscription in 1943?

900,000

by the end of WWII how much of the labour force was made up of women?

60%

after the second world war, what was the female membership of political parties sitting at?

4.4%

by 1980, what was the percentage of women making up the labour force?

39%

by 1971, what was the percentage of part-time workers who were women?

93

on average how much lower was women’s pay?

30%

under weimar, what percentage of higher education students were women?

20%

in 1960, what percentage of higher education students were women?

30%

in 1980, what percentage of higher education students were women?

37.9%

in 1989, what percentage of university students were women?

41%

in the 1980s, what percentage of total staff in hospitals were women?

75%

in the 1980s what percentage of school staff were women?

50%

in the 1980s, what percentage of west German professors were women?

5%

in the 1980s, what percentage of german physicians were women?

4%

in the 1980s, what percentage of german school principles were women?

20%