After the war, women's suffrage was introduced. But after the first Reichstag election, the proportion of women in parliament was no more than 10%. Based on the discussion of the Weimar Constitution on the civic rights and duties of men and women, the filmmakers used many quotations to show the different points of view within the women's movement and among parliamentarians. As with the following film, the search for the past was itself the theme of the film. Important participants were Anita Augspurg, Lida Gustava Heymann, Helene Stöcker, Gertrud Baer, Marie Juchacz, Gertrud Bäumer, Clara Zetkin, and Käthe Kollwitz.