Changing Role Of Women: Appearance And Work Flashcards
What were women encouraged to do by the Nazis ?
Keep healthy and wear their hair in a bun or plaits
What were women discouraged from doing ?
Wearing trousers, high heels and make up as this was seen bad for childbearing
Instead of going to work, what were women asked to do ?
Follow the three K’s Kinder, Küche, Kirche
Meaning children, kitchen, church
What was the Nazis other incentive to not get women to work ?
They had been elected partly because they promised more jobs
Every job left by a woman was for available for a man
What happens to women doctors, civil servants and teachers ?
Forced to leave their jobs
After 1936 women couldn’t become judges nor could they serve in a jury
What were school girls trained for and discouraged from doing ?
Trained to work at home and discouraged from going onto higher education
When did the Nazis reverse these policies ?
1937, this was because a lot of German men were going into the army and the Nazi regime needed more women to work
What did the Nazis do to marriage loans in 1937?
Abolished them and introduced compositor ‘duty year’ for all women entering employment
Usually meant helping on a farm or family home in return for bed and board but no pay
How did the number of working women in 1933 change to 1939?
11.6 million in 1933
14.6 million in 1939
