Democratic Women's League of Germany
Demokratischer Frauenbund Deutschlands | |
National Front |
The Democratic Women's League of Germany
The DFD did not have much independence from the ruling Socialist Unity Party (SED). Käte Selbmann, a member of the DFD's executive board, complained that it was "a pre-school for women, neither as central as the FDGB nor even more important than any other mass organization to women's work, and absolutely subordinate to the SED",[5] while historian Valerie Dubslaff writes that "the role of the department was therefore neither to represent the interests of women nor to promote them within the party, but to execute the political will of its leaders".[6]
Organization
The DFD was established in March 1947 and had the following official aims:
- Removal of fascist ideas
- Education for women
- Equal rights
- Fair social living conditions
- Education of children in the spirit of humanism and peace
- Co-operation with the international women's movement
Chairwomen of the Democratic Women's Federation of Germany
| Name | Entered Office | Left Office |
|---|---|---|
| Anne-Marie Durand-Wever | 1947 | 1948 |
| Emmy Damerius-Koenen | 1948 | 1949 |
| Elli Schmidt | 1949 | September 1953 |
| Ilse Thiele | September 1953 | November 1989 |
| Eva Rohmann | 1989 | 1990 |
| Gisela Steineckert | 1990 | 1990 |
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-89774-508-6.
- ISBN 978-0-8047-7072-9.
The official women's group of the SED, the Democratic Women's League of Germany dominated women's organizational efforts in the GDR [...]
- ISBN 978-1-349-18403-3.
[...] the Democratic Women's Association of Germany (DFD) was founded in March 1947.
- ISBN 3825898938
- JSTOR 4286643.
- ISBN 9782757406915 – via Cairn.info.
External links
Media related to Demokratischer Frauenbund Deutschlands at Wikimedia Commons
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