In:
International Review of Social History, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 34, No. 2 ( 1989-08), p. 193-226
Abstract:
The social composition of female RSDRP members (who constituted between 11% and 15% of the total party membership) prior to 1917 is analyzed using prosopographic methods. The analysis reveals that women social democrats tended to come from higher social classes, and to have a higher educational attainment, and professional occupations. Thus, it is misleading to characterize the RSDRP as a “workers' party”, for only its male contingent was composed mostly of workers. The analysis of the process of radicalization reveals the cultural barriers whioch these women had to overcome before they would join the party. Breaking free from their role in society meant, for them, leading fuller lives as women and an oppurtunity to dedicate themselves to the people.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0020-8590
,
1469-512X
DOI:
10.1017/S0020859000009238
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1989
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1466800-2
detail.hit.zdb_id:
209874-X
SSG:
8
SSG:
3,4
