Nazi feminism
far-right political ideology
Nazi feminism is a far-right political ideology that advocates equal rights for women while supporting Nazi political and racial ideals. The official view of the Nazi Party was that feminism was unacceptable, 'anti-German' and, therefore, was to be rejected.
History
In 1933, a group of German women wrote a book of open letters, Deutsche Frauen an Adolf Hitler ("German Women to Adolf Hitler"). The letters attempted to persuade Hitler to allow German women into positions of power and grant them equal rights, while affirming the Nazis' racist ideals. Clifford Kirkpatrick was the first to praise "the spirit of militant feminism rising like a phoenix from the ashes in the very midst of National Socialsm". Richard Grunberger comments on the "elements of suffragetism" among women in the Third Reich citing Deutsche Frauen an Adolf Hitler.
Criticism
Richard L. Johnson criticised Nazi feminism, saying that feminism was "incompatible" with Nazism.
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