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There are, however, marked differences between the regions of the former West Germany and East Germany: significantly more children are born out of wedlock in eastern Germany than in western Germany: in 2012, in eastern Germany 61.6% of births were to unmarried women, but in western Germany only 28.4%. [8]
From 1919 through the 1980s, women comprised about 10 percent of the Bundestag. The Green Party had a 50 percent quota, so that increased the numbers. Since the late 1990s, women have reached a critical mass in German politics. Women's increased presence in government since 2000 is due to generational change.
Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann (1815–1901), Germany's first professional female photographer with a studio in Leipzig from 1843 Hanna Weil (1921–2011), painter Gisela Weimann (born 1943), visual artist, feminist
Max Planck. Signature. Lise Meitner (/ ˈliːzə ˈmaɪtnər / LEE-zə MYTE-nər, German: [ˈliːzə ˈmaɪtnɐ] ⓘ; born Elise Meitner, 7 November 1878 – 27 October 1968) was an Austrian physicist who was instrumental in the discovery of protactinium and nuclear fission. Completing her doctoral research in 1905, Meitner became the second ...
Johanna Braun (1929–2008), German writer. Angelika Brandt (born 1961), deep-sea biologist, non-fiction writer. Lily Braun (1865–1916), feminist writer. Ilse Gräfin von Bredow (1922–2014), novelist and non-fiction writer. Christine Brückner (1921–1996), novelist, short story writer, children's writer.
Signature. Semikhah. December 27, 1935. Regina Jonas (German: [ʀeˈɡiːna ˈjoːnas]; German: Regine Jonas; [1] 3 August 1902 – 12 October/12 December 1944) was a Berlin -born Reform rabbi. [2] In 1935, she became the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi. [2] Jonas was murdered in the Holocaust.
Silvia Quandt (half-sister) Susanne Hanna Ursula Klatten (née Quandt, born 28 April 1962) is a German billionaire heiress, the daughter of Herbert and Johanna Quandt. As of January 2022, her net worth was estimated at US$23.4 billion, and the richest woman in Germany and the 50th richest person in the world according to the Bloomberg ...
Katharina Schütz Zell (1497/98 – 5 September 1562) was a Protestant reformer and writer during the Protestant Reformation. [1] She was one of the first Protestant women to marry a clergyman. [2] Katharina lived all of her life in Strasbourg. [2] Strasbourg was incorporated within the Holy Roman Empire during this time period, but today is ...