1st Edition
Midwives of the Revolution Female Bolsheviks and Women Workers in 1917
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917 and the ensuing communist regime have often been portrayed as a man's revolution, with women as bystanders or even victims. Midwives of the Revolution examines the powerful contribution made by women to the overthrow of tsarism in 1917 and their importance in the formative years of communism in Russia. Focusing on the masses as well as the high-ranking... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The woman question before 1917: what was to be done?; Chapter 3 The making of a female revolutionary; Chapter 4 The lives of working women on the eve of the First World War; Chapter 5 From World War to the eve of Revolution; Chapter 6 Women and the 1917 Revolution in Petrograd; Chapter 7 Conclusion
Biography
Jane McDermid, Anna Hillyar
