Policies towards women Flashcards
What was the normality of Weimar women in the cities
Free and independent
Equal pay
Politically active
Sexually liberated
Equal career opportunities
Visible in public life
Educationally active
What were the Nazi aims of women
Dependent and faithful to husband
Unemployed
No say in politics
Non educational
What did women get if they left work
Marriage loans
What happens to the amount of marriage loan that had to be paid back with every child
Reduced by 1/4
How did the medal system work with women and having children
Bronze = 4-5, Silver = 6-7, Gold = 8, women’s equivalent of an iron cross
What happened to birth control and abortions
Severely discouraged and restricted
What type of a lifestyle was encouraged
Healthy
What were the 3 organisations for women
German woman’s league, national socialist women’s organisations and Reich mother’s service
When was the German women’s league created
1933
What type of things did German women’s league focus on
Domestic science
What was the German women’s league memberships in 1939
6 million
What percentage of German women’s league women were not Nazis
70%
When was the National Socialist Women’s Organisation created
1931
What did the National Socialist Women’s Organisation promote
Love life, marriage, the family and blood and race
What type of people were in the National Socialist Women’s Organisation
Child rearers and homemakers
How did the National Socialist Women’s Organisation spread Nazi messages throughout
Propaganda and indoctrination
What was the Reich Mother’s Service
Branch of the German women’s league
What did the Reich Mother’s Service consist of
Training programme for motherhood (care, education and domestic tasks)
What was the Reich Mother’s Service membership in March 1939
1.7 million
Who organised the lebensborn programme
Himler
What was the aim of the lebensborn programme
To get aryan women to use the facility in order to create an aryan race
How did women enter the lebensborn programme
They had to apply which looked at all of their background
How many people passed the application and was accepted in the lebensborn programme
40%
What happened to 6-12 year olds rom other countries that looked aryan in the lebensborn programme
Their parents were killed and the child was taken being told that their parents had left them
What happened to the birth rate during this period
It rose
Why was it suggested that it wasn’t the policies towards women that rose the birth rate
As many believed the stable economy played a part in the birth rate as people were now financially stable to have their own family now too
What happened to the number of women in the workforce between 1933 and 1939
It increased
Why did the number of women in the workforce increase even though it went against Nazi ideology
Showed they were preparing for war by having women oversee more jobs and so rearmament was able to stay of schedule
