Title | Women in the Soviet Union |
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Publisher | Workers Library Publishers |
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Date | 1929 |
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Language | English |
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Original Item Extent | 67 pages: illustrations; 18 cm |
Original Item Location | HQ1662.W6 1929 |
Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b8304548~S11 |
Original Collection | Socialist and Communist Pamphlets |
Digital Collection | Socialist and Communist Pamphlets |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp |
Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://libraries.uh.edu/branches/special-collections |
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Transcript | SOVIET UNION II raising their cultural and political level if their work were to improve. Peasant women, acting as presidents of village Soviets, said that the work of the Soviets was continually increasing, their importance in economic life continually growing, and that consequently peasant women must work hard to educate themselves and thus fit themselves for carrying out the tasks ahead of them. The delegates stated that the Soviets must deal more thoroughly than previously with the daily and cultural needs of women. They demanded greater attention to the organisation of institutions which would ensure to women more freedom and opportunity^ to take part in public life. The greatest interest was displayed in questions of popular education. The widespread illiteracy and semi- illiteracy among the adult section of the population —a legacy of capitalist society and absolutism—was a source of great sorrow to the women masses of the Union. The legal obligation to wipe out illiteracy, is valid for persons up to the age of 35. Unfortunately the Congress was not in a position to state that the majority of women up to that age had overcome illiteracy. Moreover, the Congress was bound to declare that a great number of women above that age were considerably hindered in their work by illiteracy or semi-illiteracy (some of them can read but not write). Great attention was also devoted by the Congress to the question of preparatory training for young girls. In many peasant families, and fairly often in workers' families, too, the prejudice still exists that a girl does not need to know reading and writing, that she will " get along" anyhow. The Congress decided to combat this and similar prejudices with all possible |