Dollard's work makes important contributions to German cultural history, social history, and gender history, focusing attention on the construction of the stereotype of single women as abnormal, a problem to be solved, in Imperial Germany, and the way that the German women's movement co-opted this icon for its own purposes of reform. She also brings to attention several lesser-known German female activists who have often been overlooked. German Studies Review [This book] is a considerable achievement. The Surplus Woman is essential reading not only for feminist historians but also for anyone with an interest in gender politics and culture and deserves a wide audience. Reviews in History Dollard's insightful analysis of the centrality of the female surplus to women's rights activists is all the more provocative given that she so convincingly demonstrates in her first chapter that the surplus was a myth. Journal of Modern History ...transcends the usual analytical approach...

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