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Women Workers in the Soviet Interwar Economy: From 'Protection' to 'Equality' 1999th Edition
Author(s): M. Ilic (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 21 Dec. 1998
- Edition: 1999th
- Language: English
- Print length: 251 pages
- ISBN-10: 0333674197
- ISBN-13: 9780333674192
Book Description
This book examines changes in official Soviet policy towards the labour protection of women workers, 1917-41. Important legislative enactments are analysed. In the 1920s emphasis was placed on the ‘protection’ of female labour by the agencies responsible for regulating women’s role in industrial production. With the mass recruitment of women workers to the Soviet industrialisation drive by the early 1930s, labour protection issues were often ignored as women were encouraged to play a more ‘equal’ role in the production process.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘…closely researched and argued book.’ – Beryl Williams, Labour History Review
About the Author
Melanie Ilic is Senior Lecturer in History and Women’s Studies at Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education.
