Impact on women (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards

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Impact on women
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Nazi phrase for women's roles (3 Ks in German)

Kinder, Küche, Kirche (children, kitchen, church)

Women's primary purpose in Nazi ideology

Support creation of 'master race' of Germans

Physical ideal for Nazi women (hair & eyes)

Fair-haired and blue-eyed (Aryan characteristics)

1933 Nazi policy on married women's employment

Banned from professional careers

1933 Law for the Encouragement of Marriage purpose

Financial incentives for couples to marry

Marriage loan condition for women in 1933

Woman must agree to stop working after marriage

1936 marriage loan reduction per child

One-quarter for each child born

1936 Nazi family financial support

Monthly payments for raising children

German Women's Enterprise (DFW) membership number

Approximately 6 million members

DFW activities promoting Nazi family ideals

Medals for children, domestic classes, radio programs

1937 Nazi education policy for girls

Banned grammar schools preparing girls for university

Effect of Nazi policies on women's university attendance

Dropped dramatically

1939 shift in Nazi policy toward women workers

Labour shortages led to encouraging women back to work

Main contradiction in Nazi women's policy

WWII forced women to work, contradicting stay-home ideology

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