Life For Women And The Family Flashcards
What was the Nazis view on women in work
The Nazis thought women’s only job was to have children as they valued children for the future.
What was the 3 ks policy
Kinder küche and kirche
Which translates to children, kitchen and church
What was the lebensborn programme?
This was a place where men would go to make a baby with an Aryan women. If a man’s wife was already pregnant he was encouraged and even admired if he went through this programme
What happened to women’s jobs
Women were taken out of government jobs and discouraged to work after this. By 1936 most women didn’t work. The Nazis took women off the unemployment register and gave men the women’s jobs. This allowed the Nazis to make the unemployment crisis look like it was getting better
What incentives were there for women to have children
600 mark marriage loan. One quarter of debt was taken away for every child had. This lead to many couples having 4 children.
There were also medals given out to women called the motherhood cross for having children
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Sliver-6
Gold-8
When were women celebrated
Mothering Sunday
Hitlers mums birthday
Methods to increase racially pure babies
Contraception and abortion became almost impossible to get
After 1935 families were given welfare allowances
Childless couples were encouraged to divorce
Methods to reduce unsuitable mothers
The Nazis only wanted valuable mothers that would produce Aryan babies
Refusal of suitability of marriage certificate was seen as some kind of mental of physical unsuitability so they were sent to concentration camps or the workhouses
Anyone heredity ills offspring could be sterilised.
Impacts on women in education
Only had access to 10% of university places
How were women expected to dress
They were expected to dress traditionally
No makeup
No hair dye
No perms
Only flat shoes
No smoking
No dieting
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