Realities and Fantasies of German Female Leadership: From Maria Antonia of Saxony to Angela Merkel

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Realities and Fantasies of German Female Leadership

From Maria Antonia of Saxony to Angela Merkel

A collection of essays achieving a deeper understanding of the historical roots and theoretical assumptions that inform the realities and fantasies of German female leadership.

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Realities and Fantasies of German Female Leadership

From Maria Antonia of Saxony to Angela Merkel

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Acknowledgments
pp vii-viii

Introduction
pp 1-24

Part I - The Age of Enlightened Rule?
pp 25-26

1 - Women's Political Authority in Maria Antonia Walpurgis von Sachsen's Talestris: Königin der Amazonen (Thalestris: Queen of the Amazons, 1763)
pp 27-58

2 - Maxims of Leadership for a Silent Readership: Sophie von La Roche's Pomona für Teutschlands Töchter and Mein Schreibetisch
pp 59-81

3 - Marcus Aurelius, Also for Girls: Discussions on the Best Form of Government in Enlightenment Hamburg
pp 82-96

4 - Dux Femina Facti: Gender, Sovereignty, and (Women's) Literature in Marie Antonia of Saxony's Thalestris and Charlotte von Stein's Dido
pp 97-112

5 - Crossing the Front Lines: Female Leadership, Politics, and War in Die Familie Seldorf
pp 113-130

6 - Power Struggles between Women in Schiller's and Jelinek's Works
pp 131-144

Part II - Leadership as Social Activism around 1900
pp 145-146

7 - Age and Purpose: Unmarried Women and Female Agency in the Works of E. Marlitt and Hedwig Dohm
pp 147-164

8 - “Heroism of the Mother”: Women's Rights Pioneer Jeannette Schwerin, Motherlove, and Women's Leadership in German-Speaking Central Europe, 1890–1914
pp 165-183

9 - Strategic Optimism: Bertha von Suttner's Activism for Peace
pp 184-203

10 - Humanizing Socialism: The Feminist Dimension of Rosa Luxemburg's Intellectual Leadership
pp 204-222

Part III - Women and Political Power in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
pp 223-224

11 - Follow-the-Leader: Tracing Male Influence on Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph des Willens
pp 225-242

12 - “Leaning In”: The Career Woman as Instrument of Neoliberal Critique
pp 243-261

13 - Change, Persistence, and Contradiction: The Representation of Female Political Leadership in Gendered Media
pp 262-280

14 - Petra Kelly: A Green Leader out of Place?
pp 281-300

15 - “Mama Merkel” and “Mutti-Multikulti”: The Perils of Governing While Female
pp 301-317

16 - Women Leaders in Troubled Times: The Leadership Styles of Angela Merkel and Hillary Clinton
pp 318-334

Bibliography
pp 335-372

Notes on the Contributors
pp 373-374

Index
pp 375-392

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