ity centers; some of the families they went to were very surprised at their state of health. In 1941 there was a series of articles published by the Women's Institute describing the health, clothing and manners of many children from city centers. These effects made many realize that something should and could be done to improve the lives of the people of Britain when the war ended. Both Rationing and Evacuation affected women much more than men. It was the housewife who had to cope with them. Sir Winston Churchill stated that it was the housewives of Britain who enabled the country to survive Hitler's attempts to force surrender. The Nazis believed that individual people did not matter. What was important, they believed, was a strong central government. Individuals were forced to accept the roles given to them in society - women should be educated to become housewives and mothers, men should be educated to become workers and soldiers. “The biggest changes were in the lives of women and children: Books of nursery rhymes were published which encouraged children to play with guns and enjoy fighting. Children's songs were about bloodshed, violence and anti-Semitism. All schools were single sex and girls and boys were educated quite differently. Girls studied no foreign languages and the only maths and science they learnt was linked to cooking and childcare”(Bartlow, pg 273). This was all part of a deliberate plan to prevent women having careers. A woman could work until she got married, but she was then expected to give work up to become a housewife. All school lessons were based on Nazi ideas. School textbooks were rewritten and included Nazi versions of German history. Math’s problems involved calculations about bombing Poland and killing invalids. Children were taught Nazi beliefs everyday in subjects such as Ideology and Eugenics. “A woman's life was described as "Church, Children and Cooking". Women were discour...
