Bianca Walther: Die Vorkämpferinnen

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How many women became a movement - The author in conversation with Sarah Zerback

January 1919: Women are allowed to vote in the German Reich for the first time. This historic moment was not a gift, but the result of more than seventy years of struggle for political rights and freedoms. Historian Bianca Walther brings the pioneers of the first German women's movement to life - from the revolutionaries of 1848 to Marie Juchacz's first speech to the National Assembly in 1919. Following the lives and networks of Helene Lange, Minna Cauer, Alice Salomon, Clara Zetkin and many other activists, she paints a multifaceted picture of a movement that made itself heard despite massive resistance, forged alliances and debated passionately - even with each other. A captivating portrait of a movement and an inspiration for a struggle that is far from over.

Bianca Walther, born in 1973, studied linguistics and cultural studies as well as the history of European modernism. She works as a conference interpreter and freelance historian specializing in women's history and queer history. She also runs the podcast "Frauen von damals" with an Instagram channel of the same name and regularly gives lectures, for example on female police officers in the Weimar Republic or female couples around 1900.

Sarah Zerback is an editor at Deutschlandfunk. In the Zeitfunk editorial department, she presents all daily news programs, from "Information in the Morning" to "Journal before Midnight". She is also a host on the "Der Tag" podcast team.

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Admission costs 8 euros, concessions 6 euros, 4 euros with a disabled pass. Tickets are available in advance from kölnticket. Remaining tickets may be available at the Box Office.