Feminist Transformations and Domestic Violence Activism in Divided Berlin is an urgent intervention in both the history of postwar Germany, and the history of feminism. Jane Freeland is breaking new ground, both in her evaluation of the impact of feminism on the mainstream political agenda, and her nuanced assessment of how the movement was changed in the process. Her integration of activism in East Berlin, before and after the Wende, expands our understanding of feminism in exciting and important ways. We need more work like this!
Jane Freeland is a Lecturer in History and Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences at Queen Mary University of London. Her research examines the history of feminism in Germany and Europe in the twentieth century, with a particular focus on feminist activism against domestic violence and feminism and the media.