Women And Workers Flashcards
How old did the women need to be to vote?
Over 20
By which point and which amount of Reichstag members were women?
By 1933, 10% of the members were women
What was the stereotype of women?
Short skirts, trousers and makeup
What were the restrictions for women outside?
YOUNG women could use escorts and were allowed to only smoke and drink in public
What did the Weimar not want
They discouraged large families
What was the role of women in Nazi Germany?
Provide for their family
What did Hitler want women to do?
- He wanted them to focus on home and family. He didn’t want them in politics.
- wanted them to secure the future for the Aryan race
What was the expectation of women?
- To have large families (rewarded for large families)
- Wear traditional dress and promote racial purity
- makeup was discouraged
They were expected to revolve around the 3 K’s
What were two laws enforced on women?
Law of encouragement of marriage and Law of Reduction of Unemployment
Summarise factual detail about Encouragement of Marraige
Newlywed couples were loaned 1,000 marks along with 250 for each child they had
What impact did the Encouragement of Marriage have on women?
Often forced to appear perfect often for marriage
Factual details about Reduction of Employment
Limited university enrolment to 10%
In 1933 women in medical and civil services were dismissed
In 1936 women banned from law
How did the reduction of unemployment effect women?
Women left without mainstream money
Cost of living raised compared to 1933
Problems with policy towards women
- Workforce wasn’t large enough to remove women
- 1939, cost of living was raised since 1933
- By 1939, workers needed for labour
What were 2 economic plans?
New plan and Four Year Plan
