Status of Women Flashcards
1
Q
Lenin: How were women shown in the media?
A
- He believed in the “emancipation of women”
- Propaganda ridiculed women and femininity.
2
Q
Lenin: Why didn’t women work under Lenin?
A
- Less visible in propaganda than men.
- A maternal, weaker figure rather than workers.
3
Q
Lenin: What type of work did they do in agriculture?
A
- Performed ‘triple shifts’
4
Q
Lenin: Women’s position in political role?
A
Tended to get jobs in government that reflected traditional roles.
5
Q
Stalin: How were women shown in propaganda?
A
- Supporting role in Soviet art.
6
Q
Stalin: Why did more women work under Stalin? What type of work?
A
- Joined industrial labour force due to the demands of the Five-Year Plans.
- WWII made women replace men on industrial work.
