Start Date
18-4-2018 12:30 PM
End Date
18-4-2018 1:45 PM
Disciplines
European History | History of Gender | Social History | Women's History
Subjects
Feminism -- Soviet Union -- History, Women -- Soviet Union -- History, Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution (1917-1921)
Description
Although not always acknowledged for their contributions, women were not only a significant force in the Russian Revolution, they were the impetus behind it. Although their contributions were essential, feminist policies and progressive dogmas that many women revolutionaries campaigned for were abandoned before even reaching peasant or working class women. Feminist ideals were neglected by the new Soviet government and whatever feminist policies or ideals existed were reduced to mere illusion. Although female liberation was a central goal for most female revolutionaries they were unable to accomplish it in a lasting and universal way. Nevertheless, an understanding of the Russian revolution without an acknowledgment of the influence of both aristocratic and working-class women who joined the Revolution would be incomplete. Women such as Nadezhda Krupskaya, Inessa Armand Catherine Breshkovsky, Alexandra Kollontai and Maria Spiridonova were essential leaders and spokespeople for a revolution that could not have been accomplished without them.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/25198
Included in
European History Commons, History of Gender Commons, Social History Commons, Women's History Commons
Feminism During the Russian Revolution: A Failure on Multiple Fronts
Although not always acknowledged for their contributions, women were not only a significant force in the Russian Revolution, they were the impetus behind it. Although their contributions were essential, feminist policies and progressive dogmas that many women revolutionaries campaigned for were abandoned before even reaching peasant or working class women. Feminist ideals were neglected by the new Soviet government and whatever feminist policies or ideals existed were reduced to mere illusion. Although female liberation was a central goal for most female revolutionaries they were unable to accomplish it in a lasting and universal way. Nevertheless, an understanding of the Russian revolution without an acknowledgment of the influence of both aristocratic and working-class women who joined the Revolution would be incomplete. Women such as Nadezhda Krupskaya, Inessa Armand Catherine Breshkovsky, Alexandra Kollontai and Maria Spiridonova were essential leaders and spokespeople for a revolution that could not have been accomplished without them.