Women and The Russian Revolution


	Women and The Russian Revolution
	SimilaritiesGetting Started Women had equality with men (more options available, paid less and did unskilled work (give men job back) Women played lead roles in Five Year Plans and 1917 Revolution	Differences 1936 Stalin Family Code: traditional values (difficult divorce, abortion, support males and take care of family) 1918 Bolshevik Family Code: (easier divorce, on demand abortion, women could threaten men) 1938 creators of Bolshevik Family Code sent to camps or asylums Eradication of women discrimination in Russia and Western countries Women who supported Party rather than husband frowned upon Women Department Alexandra Kollontai (Bolsheviks challenged laws and people's beliefs) 1938 Kollontai and Krupskaya publicly state no longer believed in freedom and equality Department improve women's rights in education, employment and society
	Overall comparison After Lenin's death Women Department closed downAmount of women working in factories stayed constant with the implementation of the NEP

Women had equality with men (more options available, paid less and did unskilled work (give men job back)
Women played lead roles in Five Year Plans and 1917 Revolution

1936 Stalin Family Code: traditional values (difficult divorce, abortion, support males and take care of family)
1918 Bolshevik Family Code: (easier divorce, on demand abortion, women could threaten men)
1938 creators of Bolshevik Family Code sent to camps or asylums
Eradication of women discrimination in Russia and Western countries
Women who supported Party rather than husband frowned upon
Women Department Alexandra Kollontai (Bolsheviks challenged laws and people's beliefs)
1938 Kollontai and Krupskaya publicly state no longer believed in freedom and equality
Department improve women's rights in education, employment and society

After Lenin's death Women Department closed downAmount of women working in factories stayed constant with the implementation of the NEP

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