Women: Political Activism

Question 1

1. What organisation did the CCP make to encourage political activism and mobilise people behind the regime?
2. How many CCP staff were in the Women’s Association across how many cities?
3. What was the official membership?
4. What 2 things did the W.A set up for women?
5. Women were able to find a _____.

Answer 1

1. The Women’s Association.
2. 40,000 staff in 83 cities.
3. 76 million.
4. Education & financial support.
5. Voice.

Question 2

1. Between what % of Party Cadres were women from 1958-66?
   - What was this between 1970 and 74?
2. Give an example of a ballet that exhalted women as revolutionary heroes.

Answer 2

1. 8 and 12%.
   - 16 and 21%.
2. Red Detachment of Women.

Question 3

1. What % of girls completed primary school between 1929 and 49?
   - What % was this after 1959?
2. What % of primary school children were girls by 1978?
3. In February 1951 a news ad tried to recruit an ________ ______ ____ to exploit ______ ________ in X_______.
4. What opportunity did this give to rural and educated women respectively?

Answer 3

1. Just under 40%.
   - 100%.
2. 45%.
3. Educated female team, natural resources, Xinjiang.
4. Rural: Chance to escape poverty.
   Educated: Chance to prove commitment to regime.