Women and the Family - Lenin's Successes and Failures

Question 1

1. In 1920, the Russia became the first country to introduce what as a legal right?
2. Which law gave women the same legal and political rights as men?
3. What did women have the legal right to from 1919? (2)
4. Under what was common law marriage recognised?

Answer 1

1. Abortion.
2. 1918 Family Code.
3. Equal pay for equal work and equal voting rights.
4. 1926 Family Code.

Question 2

1. What happened to the divorce rate and number of abortions?
2. What % of urban men used prostitutes in the 1920s?
3. What was the issue with women in work, despite more women working full time?

Answer 2

1. Trebled.
2. 40%.
3. Few promoted to managerial positions.

Question 3

1. Give an example of what the 1926 Family Code reversed from the 1918 one.
2. Sexual harassment was not a _____, despite strikes in __________ in 19__.
3. What did the govt not fund under NEP?
4. What was the increase in female party members between 1918 and 28? (%)
   - This can be classed as ___________.

Answer 3

1. Private adoptions reinstated.
2. Crime, Leningrad in 1928.
3. Creches or day care.
4. 2%.
   - Stagnation.