Towards the end of the 1970s, the contradictions between the officially proclaimed equality on the part of GDR politics and the actual conditions of women in society became increasingly clear.
of women in society became increasingly clear. As a reaction to the stagnating and even regressive women's policy, a non-governmental women's movement emerged in the GDR,
which took a critical look at the real situation of women under real socialism. The independent women's movement is examined using the example of Berlin,
its protagonists, topics and networks. What did the women's groups understand by feminism and emancipation? What did women's activism mean
under dictatorial conditions?

Jessica Bock studied Medieval and Modern History at the University of Leipzig and completed her doctorate with a scholarship from the Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship.
She researches women's and gender history, social movements and social transformation processes in East Germany. As a research
researcher at the Digital German Women's Archive, she works on making feminist history visible.
feminist history. She is the author of the study "Kontrollierte Selbstbestimmung. Abortion in Saxony from 1945-1990."