Hedwig Richter
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Hedwig Richter
Hedwig Richter, born in 1973, is professor of Modern History at the Bundeswehr University Munich. In 2020, she was awarded the Anna Krüger Prize by the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study. Her book Demokratie. Eine deutsche Affäre (2020) was longlisted for the NDR Kultur Non-Fiction Prize and shortlisted for the Bavarian Book Prize. Hedwig Richter writes for publications such as Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, DIE ZEIT, taz. die tageszeitung and Der Spiegel.
Hedwig Richter, born in 1973, is professor of Modern History at the Bundeswehr University Munich. In 2020, she was awarded the Anna Krüger Prize by the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study. Her book Demokratie. Eine deutsche Affäre (2020) was longlisted for the NDR Kultur Non-Fiction Prize and shortlisted for the Bavarian Book Prize. Hedwig Richter writes for publications such as Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, DIE ZEIT, taz. die tageszeitung and Der Spiegel.
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Year of Publication: 2021
Hedwig RichterYear of Publication: 2021
Towards Modernity
The German Empire, founded in 1871, is often considered a stronghold of subservience to authority, chauvinism and militarism. Yet, at the same time, it was a point of departure towards modern mass democracy. The Empire had an intelligent constitution, ambitious reforms were initiated, and one of the biggest changes of all was gaining crucial momentum: women’s liberation.
These...