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NAZI POLICIES TOWARDS WOMEN - Coggle Diagram
NAZI POLICIES TOWARDS WOMEN
3 MAIN NAZI POLICIES
'Kinder, Kirche, Kuche'
(Children, Church, Cooking) - what Nazis thought women should do.
10 MAJOR SUCCESSES
Birth rate increased
- from 970,000 in 1933 to 1.4 million in 1939.
By 1939, 3 million women received the bronze
Mother's Cross
- for having 4 or more children.
12,000
extra children were born under the
'Lebensborn'
programme - allowed unmarried women to become pregnant by a racially pure SS officer
INCREASE BIRTH RATE:
WOMEN HAVING A 'TRADITIONAL' FAMILY ROLE:
German Women's Enterprise - educated women in cookery skills - had
6 million members
by 1939 - widely popular
Women welcomed the increase in status that were given to them by the Nazis- felt important
Propaganda largely successful
- promoted images of motherhood, women accepted this.
WOMEN SHOULD NOT WORK:
By the end of 1934, 360,000 women had left their jobs. Fall in number of female lawyers and academics.
10 MAJOR FAILURES
INCREASE BIRTH RATE:
Most couples continued to have
only 2 children
Women were
put off having children
- men started going back to the army in 1935 and so they had more jobs to do.
'Lebensborn' programme was criticised for allowing sex outside marriage. 12,000 children barely knew their fathers
Birth rate only increased as wages increased
- Nazi policies not that effective.
WOMEN SHOULD HAVE A 'TRADITIONAL' FAMILY ROLE:
Women had to stop being homemakers after 1935 and had to go to work.
In 1937, Nazis
forced to change the marriage loans scheme
to allow women to be employed - embarrassing for the Nazis.
Some women were so against Nazi policies, they were
prepared to go to concentration camps.
WOMEN SHOULD NOT WORK:
The number of women employed after 1935 increased by over 44%
Employers
preferred female employees
- they were cheaper, 60% of a man's wages.
WEIMAR VS NAZI ATTITUDES OF WOMEN
POLITICAL RIGHTS:
WEIMAR
: Women given the
right to vote
and the
right to be deputies in the Reichstag
NAZI:
Believed that women
should not be involved in politics at all
ECONOMIC RIGHTS:
WEIMAR:
women started careers.
100,000 teachers and 3,000 doctors by 1933.
NAZI:
Wanted women to stay at home and not work. Did not want women earning any money- thought it was something for men to do.
SOCIAL RIGHTS:
WEIMAR:
Women could smoke and drink. They could dress differently- wear shorter skirts, heels and cut their hair shorter.
NAZI:
Believed that women should behave in a
traditional way
- should not smoke, drink, wear makeup and should wear
flat shoes and long skirts