Newly published in 478 eBook titles** with approx. 30,050 full-text pages*

Proletarian women’s rights activists aimed to build a socialistic structure distinct from the bourgeois norm. Examining Klara Zetkin or Rosa Luxemburg through this lens reveals that their personal lives, including private relationships, differed notably from contemporary bourgeois expectations.

August Bebel (1840 – 1913) expressed concern over Klara Zetkin’s relationship with a much younger Friedrich Zundel, believing it was detrimental to her political work. In the year 1911, Bebel reminded Zetkin of her public role and he expected exemplary conduct.

As already mentioned, we followed the call of Julius Motteler (1838 – 1907) – former first archivist of the Proletarian Women’s Movement – who said:
“Collect the pamphlets and publications for a history of the Proletarian Women’s Movement, as long as the documents have not decayed and blown away.”

We were listening to Julies Motteler’s cry for help, subsequently we did exactly what he asked for, more than 100 years ago.

The English language texts provided here are for informational purposes only.
Most titles discussed in this subject are in German.
Foreign titles, if present, are translations into German.
The data in electronic bibliographic records conforming to International University Library Standards are also primarily in German, including titles, collection names, sets, subsets, and related elements.
Accordingly, it is standard practice to present such texts and information in their original German, consistent with the format of its original printed works.

Now, here on this page we arranged the eBooks into four ‘sets’ as follows.

(i) Politik & Parteien / Politics & Political Parties:
Some titles – examples as small author / short title list***:
eine kleine Auswahl als Autoren / Kurztitel – Liste:
Hanna, Gertrud: Frauenarbeit und Frauenorganisation.
Popp, Adelheid: Frau, Arbeiterin, Sozialdemokratie.
Voss-Zietz, Martha: Stellung der Frau in der evangelischen Kirche.
Zetkin, Clara: Rede gehalten auf dem U.S.P. Parteitag am 4. März 1919.
Zietz, Luise: Die Frauen und die Reichstagswahlen.
set >Politik & Parteien:
280 titles
280 eBooks
ca. 15,200 pages

(ii) Politik & Gewerkschaften / Politics & Unions:
Some titles – examples as small author / short title list:
eine kleine Auswahl als Autoren / Kurztitel – Liste:
anon., An die Arbeiterinnen in der Metallindustrie! [ca. 1930]
anon., Vortrags-Anleitung zu dem Thema: Fraueno. – Warnsdorf. – Selbstverl.. – 1935
Justus, Thekla: Die weiblichen Hausangestellten in Frankfurt a. M.. –
Ohlmann, Johanna: Der Gewerkverein der Heimarbeiterinnen D.
Zschoche, Johanna:
Die gewerkschaftliche Arbeiterinnenbewegung im Deutschen Reiche nach dem Kriege.
set >Politik & Gewerkschaften:
102 Titel
103 eBooks
ca. 8,760 pages

(iii) Politik & Genossenschaften / Politics & Cooperatives:
Some titles – examples as small author / short title list:
eine kleine Auswahl als Autoren / Kurztitel – Liste:
anon., Die Mütter der Zukunft. – 1930
anon., Was habe ich beim Einkauf zu beachten?. – [1928]
anon. Die Frauenrechtlerinnen und der E.W.C.V.. – 1905
David, Gertrud: Sozialismus und Genossenschaftsbewegung
Sierakowsky, Heinric: Was bietet der Konsumverein der Hausfrau.
set >Politik & Genossenschaften:
37 titles
37 eBooks
ca. 2,160 pages

(iv) Politik & konfessionelle Organisationen / Politics & religious organizations:
Some titles – examples as small author / short title list:
eine kleine Auswahl als Autoren / Kurztitel – Liste:
anon., Ein Statut für katholische Arbeiterinnen. – M.-Gladbach. – 1905
anon., Beten, arbeiten, organisieren. – 1915
anon., Ein aufstrebender Stand. – [ca. 1928]
Schaffgotsch, Gertrud: Zur Organisation der kathol. Arbeiterinn.
Norrenberg, Peter: Handbüchlein zur Gründung und Leitung vo. – 1881
Heyden, Luise von der:
Die Ideenwelt der Arbeiterinnen des evangelischen Arbeiterinnenvereins Barmen. – [1924]
set >Politik & konfessionelle Organisationen:
59 titles
59 eBooks
ca. 3,930 pages

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Women’s Organizations (whole collection)
Works originally written in the 19th & early 20th centuries
477 titles
478 eBooks
ca. 30,050 pages (without Periodical)

Electronic Bibliographic records are available

Upon request, we can compile author / title lists for you.

Periodicals:
We have 53 periodical titles with approx. 25,000 pages (!) – click on Periodicals for details.

Our eBooks feature content from original works, often including historical covers, typefaces, and layouts in enhanced digital facsimile pages. Users can navigate specific volumes or sections using tables of contents and other digital tools.

Digitisation preserves these materials, ensuring long-term access for research while protecting originals, and facilitates interdisciplinary and international collaboration.

Our collections support scholarship across topics such as women’s studies, sociology, political science, philosophy, economics, history, and cultural studies.

Notes:
We have attempted to locate information on the possible authorship of the individual works. Should an authorship error occur, please contact us.
* Information is subject to change at any time and without notice.
** “Title” means “bibliographic unit”, i.e., one title contains the content of at least one “physical” printed volume. However, depending on the original work, “title” can also contain contents of two or more ‘physical’ original books and / or journals or Periodicals.
*** The short titles listed in examples above, are listed in the electronic bibliographical data with partly extensive long titles, related to its original wording,