Women, Family and the Russian Revolution Subject_Oppression ” Orville Prescott

” Orville Prescott

Great-Russian chauvinist approach

following in Trotsky’s footsteps

which haunted the Labour

Women, Family and the Russian Revolution Subject_Oppression ” Orville PrescottThe Bolsheviks came to power in a workers and peasants revolution supported by the great majority of Russian women. Abortion was legalized immediately and made available to women without charge. For the first time wives were empowered to divorce their husbands, and many took the opportunity. In a society in which few homes had any basic amenities, it was envisaged that women would be freed from household drudgery by child care centers, communal dining