Gender roles
What Gender roles means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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While many women returned to domestic roles after the First World War, there was a notable increase in female professionals, such as teachers and shop workers.
The Nazi view that men and women had distinct, biologically determined roles, with men as providers and defenders and women strictly as nurturers.
Topics that use Gender roles
- Option 31: Key topic 1: The Weimar Republic 1918–29 - 4 Changes in society, 1924–29 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option 31: Key topic 4: Life in Nazi Germany, 1933–39 - 1 Nazi policies towards women (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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