[1] Put out by the NS-Frauenschaft, it had the status of the only party approved magazine for women[2] and served propaganda purposes, particularly supporting the role of housewife and mother as exemplary.

[4] The magazine was published biweekly[4][5] and had articles on a wide range of topics of interest to women and included sewing patterns.

[6] Its articles included such topics as the role of women in the Nazi state, Germanization efforts in Poland, the education of youth, the importance of play for children, claims that the United Kingdom was responsible for the Second World War, and that Bolshevism would destroy Germany and Europe if the Soviet Union was not defeated.

[7] It defended anti-intellectualism,[8] highlighted the achievements of Nazi women and how the system had benefited females,[9] and discussed bridal schools.

[15] Its April 1940 cover showed a peasant woman plowing before a factory, with a soldier's face looming overhead.