changes in women

• 90% of women coted in elections by 1928- by 1932 112 women had been elected in the Reichstag (10%)
• by 1925 - only 36% of women were in work - 75% during war
• women were paid 33% less then men for some jobs - unions opposed equal pay
• women were normally expected to quit their job after marriage
• few women were in high status professions - in more liberal professions eg education there was more progress
• there were plenty of part time jobs in shops and offices as the economy grew
• jobs for single women in cities increased their independence
• new women -

  • short hair
  • tight cloths
  • revealing cloths
  • sex outside marriage
  • drank alcohol
  • no corset
  • smoke
  • less interested in marriage
• women were not getting married as early as before and weren't having lots of children

  more women got divorced