Feminism in Russia 1900-1917
This thesis examines the development of feminism in Russia and its relationship to women's movements abroad. Chapter one contains a brief survey of current theories used to explain the rise of feminism in Europe, North America and Australasia between 1850 and 1900, followed by a sketch of the Russian movement's history during the same period. Chapters two and three are a detailed account of the gradual politicization of Russian feminism in the early years of the twentieth century, in the context of the liberation movement against autocracy, when feminists first began to demand political rights for women. These chapters focus on the upheaval of 1905, the establishment of the State Duma and the rapid reaction which followed the dissolution of the First Duma. Chapter four relates the circumstances in which the first nation-wide congress of women was held at the end of 1908 and describes its proceedings. Chapter five looks at the progress of the women's movement outside Russia, the formation of the two major international feminist organizations (the International Council of Women and -1the International Woman Suffrage Alliance) and the contacts between Russian feminists and their colleagues abroad between the,
Edmondson, L. H.
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Feminism in Russia 1900-1917. This thesis examines the development of feminism in Russia and its relationship to women's movements abroad. Chapter one contains a brief survey of current theories used to explain the rise of feminism in Europe, North America and Australasia between 1850 and 1900, followed by a sketch of the Russian movement's history during the same period. Chapters two and three are a detailed account of the gradual politicization of Russian feminism in the early years of the twentieth century, in the context of the liberation movement against autocracy, when feminists first began to demand political rights for women. These chapters focus on the upheaval of 1905, the establishment of the State Duma and the rapid reaction which followed the dissolution of the First Duma. Chapter four relates the circumstances in which the first nation-wide congress of women was held at the end of 1908 and describes its proceedings. Chapter five looks at the progress of the women's movement outside Russia, the formation of the two major international feminist organizations (the International Council of Women and -1the International Woman Suffrage Alliance) and the contacts between Russian feminists and their colleagues abroad between the,
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