1971 Bread and Roses
Elitist and effective Some descriptions of the beginnings of the new women’s movement in Berlin give the false impression that one group developed out of another, for example the women’s center out of Bread and Roses. The head of Bread and Ros...
1973 German Feminist Groups Report
The state of the women’s movement in February ’73 and ten months later: Contents, aims, issues/ Two reports provide insight into developments West German women’s groups gathered for nationwide meetings in Munich in February 1973 and in Coburg durin...
1974 Critical Review
Meeting minutes describe the weakness and perplexity of the Center women Viewed from today’s perspective, the development of the new women’s movement seems consistent and easy to understand. A report[i] from the early days of the Berlin women’s cente...
1974 Flying Lesbians, Feminist Festivals
Women’s festivals as rites of passage and initiation – an anthropological analysis by Cillie Rentmeister Women’s festivals We (about one hundred) women from the Berlin women’s center were taking a big chance when we rented a hall for 2,000 p...
1973-76 Forms of Action
Trips to Holland, leaving the church, self-exams, abortion film, sit-ins, hunger strikes, demonstrations, women’s seminars, songs, women’s festivals Cover of the first issue of the Frauenzeitung . This women’s paper promoted communication among...