Bolshevik Women [Paperback]

An informative look at the history of Bolshevik women in the early 1900s.Bolshevik Women is a history of the women who joined the Soviet Communist Party before 1921. Drawing on a data base of more than five hundred individuals as well as on intensive research into the lives of the most prominent female Bolsheviks, the study argues that women were important members of the Communist Party during its formative years. Barbara Clements tells the fascinating story of the female Reds who survived imprisonment, built bombs, led armies into battle, and struggled to survive under Stalin.Bolshevik Women is a history of the women who joined the Soviet Communist Party before 1921. Drawing on a data base of more than five hundred individuals as well as on intensive research into the lives of the most prominent female Bolsheviks, the study argues that women were important members of the Communist Party during its formative years. Barbara Clements tells the fascinating story of the female Reds who survived imprisonment, built bombs, led armies into battle, and struggled to survive under Stalin.Bolshevik Women is a history of the women who joined the Soviet Communist Party before 1921. Drawing on a database of more than five hundred individuals as well as on intensive research into the lives of the most prominent female Bolsheviks, Barbara Clements tells the fascinating story of the female Reds who survived imprisonment, built bombs, led armies into battle, and struggled to survive under Stalin. The study argues that women were important members of the Communist Party during its formative years.1. Becoming a revolutionary; 2. The underground; 3. The revolution; 4. The civil war; 5. The ruling class; 6. Recessional. Clements's book is superbly written, based on a variety of archival materials--including some only recently opened to Western scholars....This prosopographic study of the Bolshevik women who joined the party before 1921 is an outstanding contribution to both the new soclG