Women In The Third Reich

Else Frobenius was a German journalist and political lobbyist born in Lasdohn on May 14, 1875. She was the oldest of eight children and had an Evangelical religious upbringing and education. She passed the Russian-speaking Gouvernantenexamen, but did not practice a teaching profession. She became increasingly involved in journalism. She wrote newspaper articles, essays, and several books which often dealt with political issues. Else became a member of the German People's Party in 1919 and remained so until 1930. That same year she wrote pieces on women's suffrage and appeared in a fifteen-minute radio program to address female participation in politics. Three years later she joined the National Socialist German Workers Party and wrote a book of propaganda addressing women's role in the National Socialist state. After World War II she moved to Schleswig-Holstein where she died on August 3, 1952.