Europe+after+World+War+II

Desi Oktaviani

· White-Collar o Positions depend on special knowledge of very high education o Wanted children to be highly educated · Mass Tourism o Upperclass traveled around for pleasure o Workers had more vacation time, increased wealth o Provided package tours with lower rates and low-budget rooms for the lower classes that weren’t as wealthy o Domestic travel was more common o Sweden; three out of four people spent holidays in different towns · Welfare States o Goal was to make citizens lives better and more meaningful o Believed to eliminate poverty and homeless residents o Provided: § Medical service for all · Britain, Italy, and Germany; medical care service was free to everyone that had at least one type of insurance · France/Scandinavian countries; people had to contribute to the cost of medical care (10-25 percent) § Extended educational opportunities · Scholarships for students to attend high learning universities · Free Tuition for university attendance § Family allowances · Depended on the amount of children · France; $60 a month per child, Italy; $24 and Britain; $10 § Old age benefits · Pensions for men could be received at age 65 and woman at 60 · In France/Britain person receive $40 a month after 40 years of work § Unemployment benefits
 * Thesis:** After World War II, Europe emerged into a new society with the ideas of welfare states, women’s role in society, and education hoped for better lives for citizens and freedom for women.

· Women’s status in postwar Europe o Working § British welfare system; Women should stay home with children, receive grants for children. Married women received little or no benefits. Encouraged wives to be dependent on their husbands § West Germany; passed laws discouraging women from working § Eastern Europe/Soviet Union; Encouraged to work outside of home. Day-care facilities, family subsidies, and maternity benefits § French Government; women were equal to men, allowed the same welfare benefits as men(work outside of home), encouragements for women to stay home and bear children, daycare and after school programs for working parents § Baby boom because number of women in the workforce declined but did not last long § Number of women in the workforce increased by mid-1900’s § Women wanted to achieve the right to vote · Simone de Beauvoir o //__Second Sex__//; Because male dominated society, women were known for the differences from men which led to them receiving a second-class status · Permissive Society o Experiment with drugs, pornography and new sexual freedom o Sex education in schools were taught o Homosexuality was legalized o Birth control pills gave more people sexual freedom o Divorce rates increased as illicit sexual experience rose o LSD Drug usage and marijuana

· Education and student revolts o Greater opportunity for education o Class sizes began to have too many students which resulted into professors paying very little attention to all students o University of Paris Revolt § French students wanted a bigger voice in the administration of the university § Workers helped to support the students