TY - JOUR
AU1 - Bernstein, Laurie
AB - Reviews 539 society; she also suggests that such views pervaded Bolshevik ideology, part of a constant tension between the rhetoric of emancipation and traditional patri- archy. Thus, the example of criminology illustrates the unevenness of the Soviet project from the very beginning and the challenges of truly bringing equality to all citizens. While much work since the 1980s and 1990s has been done on the Stalin period, this study constitutes part of a new body of research that investigates early Soviet society, professions, and gender order. Kowalsky argues for an exten- sion of what Sheila Fitzpatrick calls the “cultural revolution” back to the early 1920s. Moreover, this book is a compelling example of using the category of gender to expose ideological tensions rooted in the tsarist era that continued after 1917. Elizabeth Jones Hemenway Loyola University Chicago doi:10.1093/jsh/shr070 Equality & Revolution: Women's Rights in the Russian Empire, 1905–1917. By Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2010. xviii plus 356 pp.). In Equality & Revolution Rochelle Ruthchild forcefully and persuasively argues that we need to pay more attention to Russian women's success at gaining the vote in 1917. Their achievement has been minimized not only by historians who 
TI - Equality & Revolution: Women's Rights in the Russian Empire, 19051917. By Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2010. xviii plus 356 pp.)
JF - Journal of Social History
DO - 10.1093/jsh/shr063
DA - 2011-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/equality-revolution-women-s-rights-in-the-russian-empire-19051917-by-Zbx04zhZz0
SP - 539
EP - 541
VL - 45
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -