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Women Workers in the Soviet Interwar Economy

From 'Protection' to 'Equality'

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Melanie Ilič

    1. Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, Gloucestershire, UK
      CREES, University of Birmingham, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Melanie Ilič
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Protection of Women Workers in Tsarist Russia

    • Melanie Ilič
    Pages 13-26

  4. Women Workers and Soviet Industrialisation

    • Melanie Ilič
    Pages 27-42

  5. The Administration of the Protective Labour Laws

    • Melanie Ilič
    Pages 43-56

  6. Maternity

    • Melanie Ilič
    Pages 57-77

  7. Hours of Work

    • Melanie Ilič
    Pages 78-95

  8. Provision for ‘Menstrual Leave’

    • Melanie Ilič
    Pages 96-111

  9. Weights of Loads

    • Melanie Ilič
    Pages 112-129

  10. Restricted Occupations

    • Melanie Ilič
    Pages 130-148

  11. Underground Work

    • Melanie Ilič
    Pages 149-169

  12. Conclusion

    • Melanie Ilič
    Pages 170-176

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 177-241
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About this book

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.

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'...closely researched and argued book.' - Beryl Williams, Labour History Review

Authors and Affiliations

  • Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, Gloucestershire, UK

    Melanie Ilič

  • CREES, University of Birmingham, UK

    Melanie Ilič

About the author

Melanie Ilic is Senior Lecturer in History and Women's Studies at Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education.

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