The Status of Women in a Socialist Order

Czechoslovakia, 1948-1978

Bibliographic Data

ID4924167
AuthorsSharon L Wolchik (corresponding author)
Year1979
Volume38
Issue4
Pages583-602
Publication date1979-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSlavic Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2496564
OpenAlexW2312950523
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited19

All citizens shall have equal rights and equal duties. Men and women shall have equal status in the family, at work and in public activity. The society of the working people shall ensure the equality of all citizens by creating equal possibilities and equal opportunities in all fields of public life.ČSSR Constitution, Article 20When we Communist women protested against the disbanding of the women's organization, we were informed that we had equality. That we were equal, happy, joyful, and content, and that, therefore, our problem was solved.Woman Delegate to the Prague Conferenceof District Party Officials, May 1968When Communist elites came to power in Czechoslovakia at the end of the Second World War, they attempted to create a new social and political order. As part of this process, efforts were made to improve the status of women and to incorporate them as full participants in a socialist society

Communism · Communist state · Constitution · Delegate · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law

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