Women at Work (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
% of Soviet workforce that were women by 1955
% of Soviet workforce that were women by 1955
49%
Zhenotdel
Zhenotdel
Women's department of the Communist Party
Women in Soviet industry: 1928 vs 1940
Women in Soviet industry: 1928 vs 1940
3 million (1928), 13 million (1940)
Women's wages vs men's for identical work (1930s-40s)
Women's wages vs men's for identical work (1930s-40s)
60-65% of male wages
BAM (Baikal-Amur Mainline)
BAM (Baikal-Amur Mainline)
4,324km railway built from 1974 under Brezhnev
Rural women's 'triple shift'
Rural women's 'triple shift'
Farm labour, household chores, handicrafts for income
Women in Soviet combat roles by 1945
Women in Soviet combat roles by 1945
800,000
'Night Witches'
'Night Witches'
Nickname for deadly female Soviet flying squadron (WW2)
Max % of women in Central Committee (1953-85)
Max % of women in Central Committee (1953-85)
4%
% of doctors who were women by 1985
% of doctors who were women by 1985
70%