How did the lives of women and families improve in Nazi Germany?

However, life got worse in other ways. Women were forced from their jobs, especially those who were married or were in professions such as law and medicine. Women were also put under great pressure to have children which might have created problems if they did not have the money or size of house to support a large family. Contraception was difficult to obtain and abortion became illegal. This meant women had less freedom to decide if they wanted to have a baby. Women who could not have children might also find themselves being divorced by their husbands who sought a wife who could have children. Unmarried women might also have felt pressured to go to Lebensborn homes to get pregnant with an SS officer. The 1935 Marriage Law also limited who could get married as couples had to show evidence of 'racial purity'. Another negative impact was that women considered `unfit' could be forcibly sterilised. Women were also expected to look a certain way. Dieting and smoking was frowned upon. Women were expected to dress modestly with no make-up or hair perms. Young women also had less chance of going to university as places for girls was limited to 10% of places available. Women who actively opposed the Nazis could find themselves sent to Moringen concentration camp, set up in 1933.

In conclusion, women and families benefitted in some ways but lost out, in other ways. I believe that on the whole life for women and families got worse.