Women + Family Flashcards
Women under Lenin (transformation)
. 1918 Family Code = Legalised Divorce and Abortion
. Lenin’s Revolutionary Perspective (Quote and Baba - Babushka)
What did the Family Code of 1918 Sweep Away?
The Family Code of 1918 Code swept away centuries of patriarchal and ecclesiastical power and established a new vision based on individual rights and gender equality
Lenin Women Quote:
“The Success of a Revolution Depends on the Extent to Which Women Take Part in it”
Where did Lenin say the Women Quote?
Speech at the First All-Russia Congress of Working Women
November 19, 1918
Women under Stalin (transformation)
. WWII
. Education (Engineering)
How many women served in the Soviet Armed Forces?
800,000 (5%)
What percent of University Engineering Majors were women?
By 1940 40% of Women
Women under Khrushchev (transformation)
. Workforce
. More Opportunities for Women (Valentina Tereshkova)
Under Khrushchev, what percent of the workforce were women?
49%
Who was the first woman in Space?
Valentina Tereshkova
Women under Brezhnev (transformed)
Social Provisions were extended to the countryside
Status of rural women improved (healthcare and maternity benefits)
Who initiated most of the Divorce under Lenin?
Men initiated 70% of Divorce
What did the Great Retreat do?
Abortion Illegal
Made Divorce harder to obtain (4 to 50 roubles + court)
In 1930 what percent of party members were women?
16%
Women under Khrushchev (no transformation)
Double Burden (49% of women in workforce) Had to maintain family responsibility
