Women Workers in the Soviet Interwar Economy - From 'Protection' to 'Equality' (Hardcover)

This study examines changes in official Soviet policy towards the labour protection of women workers between 1917 and 1941. Important legislative enactments are analyzed. In the 1920s emphasis was placed on the protection of female labour by the agencies responsible for regulating women's role in industrial production. With the mass recruitment of women workers to the Soviet industrialization drive by the early 1930s, labour protection issues were often ignored as women were encouraged to play a more equal role in the production process.