Women and communal strikes in the crisis of 1917-1922 - Temma Kaplan

Women in the Russian revolution.

An article on women's pivotal role in Russia, Italy, Spain and Mexico during the revolutionary wave of 1917-1922.

From: R.Bridenthal & C. Koonz, Becoming Visible: Women in European History, p430-46.

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Women & Strikes 1917-22.pdf (5.96 MB)

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