Encyclopedia of Russian Women's MovementsNorma C. Noonan, Carol R. Nechemias A comprehensive resource profiling individuals and organizations associated with Russian women's movements from the early 19th century to the post-Soviet era. Contributions by approximately fifty authors from the United States, Russia, Europe, and Canada focus upon the struggle of women to change their society and advance their gender interests. Women activists pursued improvement in educational opportunities, fought for suffrage, established journals, and sought to transform women's consciousness and establish women's studies programs and women's crises centers. They were a strong voice against the tsarist regime and the oppression of communism. Their objectives were as diverse as their strategies, which ranged from incremental reform, to terrorism, to the establishment of women's electoral organizations. |
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Russian Civil Society: A Critical Assessment Alfred B. Evans,Laura A. Henry,Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom Limited preview - 2006 |