The exhibition sheds light on women's lives in the East and West in the 1970s and 1980s - between clichés, everyday life, work and self-determination
EXHIBITION
Opening of the exhibition: Friday, September 26, 2025, 3 p.m., Ribnitz Library
"Women in a divided Germany"
The division of Germany has been history for over three decades. Nevertheless, we (and women) still encounter many clichés that are attributed to women from East and West Germany.
Western women are often described either as "homebodies at the stove" or as tough career women. The East German woman, on the other hand, "stands her ground" in coal mining. She is described as tough or as a raven mother because she puts her children in a crèche. Exciting comparisons, but what is really true?
The exhibition "Women in Divided Germany" aims to answer this question. It makes the diverse experiences of women in the 1970s and 1980s visible and provides an insight into the realities of life in Germany with their similarities and differences. We see women at home, looking after children, at work and in everyday life in pictures that could be in any photo album. The exhibition aims to arouse curiosity to reflect on the role of women then and now, to examine our clichés and perhaps also to find common ground in women's striving for recognition and self-determination.
On Friday, 26.09.2025 at 15:00, the Equal Opportunities Officer D. Christine Braun from the district of Vorpommern-Rügen and Antje Weilandt from the amber town of Ribnitz-Damgarten will open the exhibition "Women in Divided Germany" in the Ribnitz library.
We invite you to talk to women from East and West. You are welcome to join us and share your experiences!
An exhibition of the Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship by Clara März.
A joint event of the Equal Opportunities Commissioner and the Ribnitz-Damgarten City Library.
The exhibition can be seen in the Ribnitz library from 26.9. to 25.10.2025 during opening hours:
Mon / Fri 09.00 - 16.00 Tue / Thu 10.00 - 18.00 Sat 13.00 - 16.00
➢ Further information & registration: Ribnitz-Damgarten City Library, Im Kloster 4, 18311 Ribnitz-Damgarten Tel.: 0 38 21 - 89 34 52 0 www.bibliothek.ribnitz-damgarten.de
