Women in the Party and Problems of Changing Traditional Views

Question 1

1. Who rose to become vice-chairman of the PRC in 1959, but wasn’t taken seriously?
2. What did Ding Ling damn by CCP leaders? (2)
   - What happened to her in 1957? (3)
3. Who did most women at national level govt owe a lot of their influence to?

Answer 1

1. Song Qing Ling.
2. Degraded status and exploitation of women.
   - Denounced as part of anti-rightist campaign, writings banned.
3. Their husbands.

Question 2

1. What ended the possibility of women owning land?
2. What often happened to women who divorced their husbands? (2).
3. What was still rare?

Answer 2

1. Collectivisation of land.
2. Cut off from family support, struggled.
3. Modern contraception methods.