Angela Merkel grew up in the GDR and quickly made a career for herself in the conservative party CDU after reunification. These experiences shaped her. She had a hard time with gender equality policy for a long time, was an opponent of the quota and to this day hesitates to call herself a feminist. Nevertheless, Germany's first female chancellor often had to hold her own among loud men. How did she do it? And, what did she achieve for other women?
Angela Merkel grew up in the GDR and quickly made a career for herself in the conservative party CDU after reunification. These experiences shaped her. She had a hard time with gender equality policy for a long time, was an opponent of the quota and to this day hesitates to call herself a feminist. Nevertheless, Germany's first female chancellor often had to hold her own among loud men. How did she do it? And, what did she achieve for other women?