Women and Gender in 1917

This paper argues for greater integration of considerations of women and gender in the history of the 1917 Russian Revolutions. Two key issues have long been discussed by historians: the spontaneity/consciousness paradigm, and the role of class in the revolution. Neither has been adequately analyzed...

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Published in:Slavic review 2017, Vol.76 (3), p.694-702
Main Author: Ruthchild, Rochelle Goldberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Bibliographic literature
Bolshevism
Citizenship
Civil rights
Classism
Consciousness
Equal rights
Equality
Female employees
Gender
Gender relations
Historians
History
Intelligentsia
Local elections
Political activism
Political parties
Politics
Revolutions
Russian history
Social classes
Spontaneity
Voting rights
Women
Womens suffrage
Workers
Working class
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Summary:This paper argues for greater integration of considerations of women and gender in the history of the 1917 Russian Revolutions. Two key issues have long been discussed by historians: the spontaneity/consciousness paradigm, and the role of class in the revolution. Neither has been adequately analyzed in relation to gender. Women's suffrage has been largely neglected despite the fact that it was a significant issue throughout the year and represented a pioneering advance won by a countrywide coalition of women and men from the working class and intelligentsia, and from almost all political parties. In this centennial year, accounts of the Revolution remain one-dimensional; women remain the other.
ISSN:0037-6779
2325-7784
DOI:10.1017/slr.2017.177