impact on women and the family

Question 1

Views on women?

Answer 1

> stay at home, have children and look after them
“kinder, kirche and Ku..che” (children, church and cooking)
they want women to look traditional and to have as many children as possible (loans of 1000 marks and medals to encourage)
ideal women was no makeup, blonde and heavy hipped

Question 2

What were their aims?

Answer 2

> to give up their jobs
stay at home
have children and have a ‘master race’

Question 3

how was their aims a success?

Answer 3

> first few years number of married women in employment fell
number of marriages increased
Germans womens Enterprise Organisation had 6 million members attending classes in households skills
birth rate increased

Question 4

how were their aims a failure?

Answer 4

> number of women in employment rose from 4.85 billion to 7.14 million six years later
many employers preferred women workers as they were cheaper (2/3 of mens wages)
1937 Nazis charged the marriage scheme to allow married women who had been given the loan to work