>From my knowledge of history, even German, and Japan had no universal literacy, let alone universal women literacy before their troubles started. Imperial Ger

>From my knowledge of history, even German, and Japan had no universal literacy, let alone universal women literacy before their troubles started. Imperial Germany had free and compulsory school, "Volksschule " which was compuslory in Austria in 1840, and in Germany after 1871.[0][1] The Weimar Republic had instituted free and compulsory education for _all_ children, and in general seemed to make education its top priority.[2] For context, England made school compulsory in 1880. I'm open to more information proving me wrong, but I believe by the standard of other European nations Germany was definitely an educated country pre and during world wars. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksschule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksschule [1] https://www.britannica.com/topic/education/Further-education#ref47661 https://www.britannica.com/topic/education/Further-education... [2] https://www.britannica.com/topic/education/Further-education#ref47662 https://www.britannica.com/topic/education/Further-education...