The Discrimination Against Women in Germany During the Weimar Period

There was a growing feeling among some Germans that working women were in some way stealing jobs away from other workers, of course, male workers. This mindset was rooted in traditional gender roles, that a woman should be a mother and should be responsible for taking care of the home. Working women were heavily underrepresented in the trade unions, which were almost entirely populated by men. It is difficult to know exactly how many women who were seeking jobs could not find them or had loft jobs and were now out of work during the Weimar period.

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