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| Article number | 11102618V |
| Price | 19,00 € |
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The New Woman in the Weimar Republic
A lecture and song matinee with Dr Katrin Schmersahl (lecture) and Cynthia Karatsoli (vocals)
Sunday, 11 October 2026, 12 noon to 1.30 pm, Werner-Otto-Saal
€19 including handling fee and postage.
The New Woman was modern and self-determined; she appeared young, healthy, athletic, motorised and employed, as well as single, sexually liberated, and on the dance floor she confidently took her pick of partners. She wore short skirts or practical tailored suits, along with a bob and a bowler hat. And she smoked, even in public, on the street or in a café; previously, only prostitutes had done so. Although social reality rarely matched the media portrayals, women did indeed have at their disposal a previously unknown range of ways to express their own roles. In this matinee, through a collage of historical lecture, songs and music of the era, we explore the enduring fascination of the ‘New Woman’ phenomenon.
The lecture will be held in German.
A lecture and song matinee with Dr Katrin Schmersahl (lecture) and Cynthia Karatsoli (vocals)
Sunday, 11 October 2026, 12 noon to 1.30 pm, Werner-Otto-Saal
€19 including handling fee and postage.
The New Woman was modern and self-determined; she appeared young, healthy, athletic, motorised and employed, as well as single, sexually liberated, and on the dance floor she confidently took her pick of partners. She wore short skirts or practical tailored suits, along with a bob and a bowler hat. And she smoked, even in public, on the street or in a café; previously, only prostitutes had done so. Although social reality rarely matched the media portrayals, women did indeed have at their disposal a previously unknown range of ways to express their own roles. In this matinee, through a collage of historical lecture, songs and music of the era, we explore the enduring fascination of the ‘New Woman’ phenomenon.
The lecture will be held in German.