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Red Valkyries : feminist lessons from five revolutionary women / Kristen R. Ghodsee.
Van Pelt Library HQ1590.7 .G56 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ghodsee, Kristen Rogheh, 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women communists--Europe, Eastern--Biography.
- Women communists.
- Communists--Europe, Eastern--Biography.
- Communists.
- Feminists--Europe, Eastern--Biography.
- Feminists.
- Communism--Europe, Eastern--History--19th century.
- Communism.
- Communism--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.
- Politics and government.
- Socialist feminism--Europe, Eastern--History.
- Socialist feminism.
- Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--19th century.
- Europe, Eastern.
- Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--20th century.
- Eastern Europe.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Verso, 2022.
- Summary:
- Explores the history of socialist feminism by examining the careers of five prominent socialist women active in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, revealing lives filled with inner conflicts, contradictions, and sometimes outrageous privilege as they moved forward with their own political projects through perseverance and dedication to their cause.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The Sniperess: Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916-1974)
- 2. The Communist Valkyrie: Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952)
- 3. The Radical Pedagogue: Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869-1939)
- 4. The "Hot Bolshevik": Inessa Armand (1874-1920)
- 5. The International Amazon: Elena Lagadinova (1930-2017).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-197) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781839766602
- 1839766603
- OCLC:
- 1258655014
- Publisher Number:
- 99991215813
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