Social Developments: Women and the Family (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Kollontai's concept of family's future in socialism
Kollontai's concept of family's future in socialism
'Withering away of the family'
Women's Dept advancing rights 1919-1930
Women's Dept advancing rights 1919-1930
Zhenotdel
1920s divorce method via letter/postcard
1920s divorce method via letter/postcard
Postcard divorce
% of divorces initiated by men 1917-1928
% of divorces initiated by men 1917-1928
70%
Trotsky's term for Stalin's conservative family policies
Trotsky's term for Stalin's conservative family policies
'Great Retreat'
Stalin's 1936 law on abortion
Stalin's 1936 law on abortion
Criminalized (except when woman's life endangered)
Stalin's policy encouraging higher birth rates
Stalin's policy encouraging higher birth rates
Pronatalist policy
Term for women working in employment and at home
Term for women working in employment and at home
'Double shift'
Women as % of population: 1939 vs 1959
Women as % of population: 1939 vs 1959
52% in 1939 to 55% in 1959
Khrushchev's 1955 reproductive rights reform
Khrushchev's 1955 reproductive rights reform
Legalized abortion