Women workers in the Soviet interwar economy : from 'protection' to 'equality' / Melanie Ilic̆.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ilič, Melanie, 1962-

Contributor:

University of Birmingham. Centre for Russian and East European Studies.

Series:

Studies in Russian and East European history and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Employment--Soviet Union--History.

Women.

Women--Employment.

History.

Soviet Union--Economic conditions--1917-1945.

Soviet Union.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

ix, 241 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press in association with Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, 1999.

Summary:

This book examines the changes in official policy towards the introduction of protective labor legislation for women workers in the Soviet Union during the period 1917-41. In the 1920s, emphasis was placed on the need for the "protection" of female labor by the agencies responsible for regulating womens' role in industrial production. With the mass recruitment of women workers to the Soviet industrialization drive by the early 1930s, labor protection issues were often ignored as women were encouraged to play a more "equal" role in the production process.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-232) and index.

ISBN:

0333674197

0312217803

OCLC:

39116608