In 1934, Hitler proclaimed, "[A woman's] world is her husband, her family, her youngsters, her house." Women's highest calling was motherhood. Laws that had protected women's rights have been repealed and new legal guidelines were introduced to restrict women to the house and of their roles as wives and moms. Women had been barred from authorities and university positions. Yet, after the Federal Republic of Germany began to make strides in its recovery from the aftermath of World War II, feminist points began to rise to the surface of public consciousness. Salic (Frankish)…
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