Nazi feminism is a far-right political ideology that advocates equal rights for women while supporting Nazi political and racial ideals. The official view of the Nazi Party was that feminism was unacceptable, 'anti-German' and, therefore, was to be rejected.
History In 1933, a group of German women wrote a book of open letters, Deutsche Frauen an Adolf Hitler ("German Women to Adolf Hitler"). The letters attempted to persuade Hitler to allow German women into positions of power and grant them equal rights, while affirming the Nazis' racist ideals. Clifford Kirkpatrick was the first to praise "the spirit of militant feminism rising like a phoenix from the ashes in the very midst of National Socialism". Richard Grunberger comments on the "elements of suffragetism" among women in the Third Reich citing Deutsche Frauen an Adolf Hitler.
Criticism Richard L. Johnson criticised Nazi feminism, saying that feminism was "incompatible" with Nazism. He wrote "These women rejected or ignored the insights of Friedrich Engels, August Bebel, and Clara Zetkin, who demonstrated a connection between the rise of the bourgeoisie and the subjugation of women."
See also Feminazi League of German Girls National Socialist Women's League Women in Nazi Germany Women of the Ku Klux Klan
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