WOMEN Flashcards
What rates had fallen under the Weimar Republic?
Birth Rates.
What was the Nazi view of women?
Women’s place was at home. They were expected to have large families, not only to increase the population but to provide future soldiers.
What were the 3 K’s of the Nazi party in relation to women’s role?
Children, Kitchen and Church.
How did the Nazis limit the number of girls in education?
Number of girls allowed to enter higher education was limited in 1934, and further extended in 1937.
How was grammar school education abolished for girls?
They were forbidden to study Latin, which was a requirement to enter university.
What was offered to unmarried women in June 1933?
Interest free loans were offered to incentivise women to marry and give up work.
What were labour exchanges encouraged to do?
Discriminate in favour of men.
What happened to the percentage of women in employment from 1932 to 1937?
Fell from 37% in 1932 to 31% by 1937.
What rewards were offered to incentivise women to have more children?
- Mother’s Cross: Bronze, Silver or Gold depending on number of children.
- Campaign: ‘I have donated a child to the Führer’.
What rewards were offered to incentivise women to have more children?
- Mother’s Cross: Bronze, Silver or Gold depending on number of children.
- Campaign: ‘I have donated a child to the Führer’.
What else did the Nazis put in place to increase the population?
- Strict anti-abortion laws.
- Limited contraception.
- Maternity benefits and family allowances.
What was the policy of Lebensborn in 1935?
Unmarried mothers of ‘good racial background’ were cared for, and Aryan girls were made pregnant by members of the SS.
What did all these policies result in for the birth rates between 1933 and 1939?
Increased.
Where is there evidence of these policies not working to increase the birth rate?
Number of births per marriage remained low, only around two per marriage as opposed to four per marriage desired by the regime.
How much did the number of working women increase from 1937 to 1939?
From 5.7 million in 1937 to 7.1 million in 1939.
