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  2. Lebensborn - Wikipedia

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    Lebensborn e.V. (literally: "Fount of Life") was a secret, SS -initiated, state -registered association in Nazi Germany with the stated goal of increasing the number of children born who met the Nazi standards of "racially pure" and "healthy" Aryans, based on Nazi eugenics (also called "racial hygiene" by some eugenicists).

  3. Women in Germany - Wikipedia

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    As of 2014, 35% of births in Germany were to unmarried women. [13] 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 ...

  4. Fräulein - Wikipedia

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    The large number of attractive young women in Germany resulted in the notion of the Fräuleinwunder (literally: Miracle of the Miss). [1] Fräulein (/ ˈ f r ɔɪ. l aɪ n / FROY-lyne, German: [ˈfʁɔʏlaɪn] ⓘ) is the German language honorific for unmarried women, comparable to Miss in English and Mademoiselle in French.

  5. German honorifics - Wikipedia

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    German honorifics. Honorifics are words that connote esteem or respect when used in addressing or referring to a person. In the German language, honorifics distinguish people by age, sex, profession, academic achievement, and rank. In the past, a distinction was also made between married and unmarried women.

  6. Single women in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    In England in 1377, about one-third of adult women were single women. [1] In Florence city of Italy, in 1427, about one-fifth of adult women were single. [1] In northern Europe, women often married in their mid-twenties. However, "singleness was more common, marriage occurred relatively late, and husbands and wives tended to be of roughly ...

  7. History of women in Germany - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Convents in early modern Europe - Wikipedia

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    Convents in early modern Europe. Convents in early modern Europe (1500–1800) absorbed many unmarried and disabled women as nuns. [1] France deemed convents as an alternative to prisons for unmarried or rebellious women and children. [2] It was also where young girls were educated as they waited to be married.

  9. Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) in the ...

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    1803. United Kingdom: Lord Ellenborough's Act was enacted, making abortion after quickening a capital crime, and providing lesser penalties for the felony of abortion before quickening. [1][2] 1804. Sweden: Women are granted the permit to manufacture and sell candles. [3] France: Divorce is abolished for women in 1804.