History of women’s work in Germany 1914 to 1945.

Development of female labour during the period from 1914 to 1945.

The basis for the collection of data about female labour were the results of the population-, occupationcensus, and census of enterprises in the period of 1907 and 1939.

The Study deals with the following subjects:
- the shifting process of female labour in the first half of the 20th century, mainly the move from the ‘home services’ and the agricultural work;
- the strong growth of female labour in white-collor-professions, reaching the peak in the years of 1920 and in the 2nd World war;
- the calculation of the male and female wage-ratio for equivalent work;
- the calculation of wage range – i.e. the percental difference between male- and female wages and the change of the difference;
- the rate of unionisation of female workers (as measured by female membership in labour unions).

Topics

Data-Tables in HISTAT:

A. Development of female labour (male and female labour force).
B. Male and female unionists, male and female unemployment.
C. Impaired payment of female labour in selected industrial sectors; Development of hourly earnings, wage range of male and female workers.