Why vote green. So that Mister Minister will be a woman
Poster
1990 (designed and printed)
1990 (designed and printed)
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This is a campaign poster issued by the Green Party for the first and only free parliamentary elections ('Volkskammerwahl') in East Germany (GDR-German Democratic Republic) on 18th March 1990. The elections took place between the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and the reunification of East and West Germany.
At the Volkskammerwahl (Public Chamber election) the Green Party ran for office in an alliance with the Independent Women's Union. The poster therefore addresses the possibility for a woman to become Prime Minister stating: 'Warum grün wählen - Damit der Herr Minister eine Frau wird', which means 'why vote green - so that Mister Minister will be a woman.'
The Green Party was founded in November 1989 out of the GDR green movement. Politically the party was close to the different alliances of the Citizen's movement. In 1993 the Green Party merged with the party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen ('Alliance 90/The Greens').
At the Volkskammerwahl (Public Chamber election) the Green Party ran for office in an alliance with the Independent Women's Union. The poster therefore addresses the possibility for a woman to become Prime Minister stating: 'Warum grün wählen - Damit der Herr Minister eine Frau wird', which means 'why vote green - so that Mister Minister will be a woman.'
The Green Party was founded in November 1989 out of the GDR green movement. Politically the party was close to the different alliances of the Citizen's movement. In 1993 the Green Party merged with the party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen ('Alliance 90/The Greens').
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| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Poster, lithograph, 'Why vote green - so that Mister Minister will be a woman', issued by the 'Green Party' for their campaign for the first free parliamentary elections in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), GDR, 1990 |
| Physical description | Poster printed with an image in 'snapshot' (photobooth) style showing two young women. Blue and pink ground. White, green and blue text. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Warum grün wählen / Damit der Herr Minister eine Frau wird / Die Grünen
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| Object history | Item Provenance: Provenance: Mr. Stefan Landshoff, Main Sream Promotion, Hamptstrasse 56, D-1000 Berlin 62, Germany. The Green party was strongly associated with the feminist movement and joined with the Independent Women's Union to form the Greens. For further information please see the notes for E.2135-1990. |
| Summary | This is a campaign poster issued by the Green Party for the first and only free parliamentary elections ('Volkskammerwahl') in East Germany (GDR-German Democratic Republic) on 18th March 1990. The elections took place between the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and the reunification of East and West Germany. At the Volkskammerwahl (Public Chamber election) the Green Party ran for office in an alliance with the Independent Women's Union. The poster therefore addresses the possibility for a woman to become Prime Minister stating: 'Warum grün wählen - Damit der Herr Minister eine Frau wird', which means 'why vote green - so that Mister Minister will be a woman.' The Green Party was founded in November 1989 out of the GDR green movement. Politically the party was close to the different alliances of the Citizen's movement. In 1993 the Green Party merged with the party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen ('Alliance 90/The Greens'). |
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| Accession number | E.3094-1990 |
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