Publisher's Synopsis
The 1920s and 30s were a crucial period in the development of Soviet thinking about and policy toward women, children, marriage, women's health, childcare and reproduction. This book brings together excerpts from women's journals, pamphlets, government documents and diaries about the lives and roles of Soviet women immediately following the Bolshevik revolution. The editors tie this material together in an important and coherent fashion.;The issue addressed in the book are central to an understanding of the evolution of social welfare and policy in the Soviet Union, and interest in this period of Soviet history has been rekindled in response to glasnost.;Most of the material contained in the book is not available in English translation elsewhere.
