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1
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In 1919 what age did women have to be to vote?

A

20

2
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What percentage of members of the Reichstag were female by 1933?

A

10%

3
Q

What freedoms did women have in Weimar Germany?

A

Go out without a chaperone
Smoke and drink in public
Wore short skirts, make up, short hair

4
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How did the Nazis try to reverse the progress made by women during Weimar Germany?

A
Emphasis on traditional role
(Home makers/ child bearers)
Removed from their jobs
Kinder, kirche, kuche 
Propaganda geared towards being mothers
5
Q

How did employment change for women under the Nazis?

A

Professionals forced to give up their jobs
Employers encouraged to give jobs to men
Girls discouraged from higher education
Benefits given to women to stay at home

6
Q

What did the law for the encouragement of marriage do?

A

Provided loans to help couples marry, as long as wife left job
For each child couples were allowed to keep 25% of loan (up to 4 children)

7
Q

How did the Nazis encourage women to have more children?

A
Birth control limited
Propaganda 
Maternity benefits
Medals for 5 or more children 
German women's enterprise
8
Q

Describe the ideal Nazi woman

A
Fair haired
Blue eyed
Sturdily built (not skinny!)
Wear traditional clothes
Not wear make up
Did not smoke or drink
Dieting not allowed
9
Q

Name 2 successes of the Nazi policy for women

A

Early years women left their jobs
Marriage increased
Birth rate increased
Women’s Enterprise Organisation had 6 million members

10
Q

Name 2 ways Nazi policies for women failed

A

Increase in birth rate not necessarily due to Nazi policies
Most couples had 2 children
Women in employment increased during the war- women had to do a “duty year” and work in the jobs the men had vacated due to the war to keep the war effort going- this was a reversal of nazi policy

11
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How many women were employed in Nazi Germans in 1939?

A

7.14 million

12
Q

Why did the number of women in employment increase after 1936?

A

Nazis needed more workers for rearmament

13
Q

Did women earn the same as men by 1937?

A

No- earned 2/3 of mans wage

14
Q

How did the Nazis use divorce laws to encourage childbirth?

A

A man could divorce his wife if she could not/ would not have children

15
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What was the Lebensborn programme?

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Initially provided nurseries and financial aid for women who had children with SS men.
Later encourage single women to breed with SS men- to create genetically pure children
Between 1938- 41 it had helped over 540 German mothers to give birth

16
Q

How many women were in higher education in:
1932?
1939?

A

17,000

6,000

17
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How did Nazis encourage women to alter their appearance?

A

Through propaganda
Encouraged to wear modest clothing
Hair either tied back, in plaits or a bun
Discouraged from wearing make up or dyeing their hair

18
Q

How many women were in work in:
1933?
1939?

A

5 million

7 million