How far did the role and status of
women change in the period 1958-
76
Files & media
intro:
to assess how far the role and status of women changed in the period 1958-76, it is necessary
to consider the extent to which there were changes during this time to the role and status of
women in the workplace, the family and society
main body
1) workplace
ccp provided real opportunities that women didn't possess before
Women's Association encouraged social and political activism
had 40,000 staff in 83 cities w official membership of 76 million
produced books + pamphlets exhorting women to greater efforts and encouraged
women to take the lead in 'speak bitterness' meetings against the regime's
enemies
provided financial support to help women weave uniforms or make shoes for PLA
although this reinforced traditional gender expectations
during CR men and women wore same uniform
female party cadres comprised between 8-12% from 1958-66 but btwn 16 and 21%
from 1970-1974
CCP encouraged female education
sample of rural girls who's started skl between 1929-49 found that only 38%
completed primary education compared to 100% of those starting after 1959
by 1978, 45% of primary school children were girls
job opportunities
from 1949, PLA enlisted unmarried, educated female students btwn 18 and 19 for its
military academies
1951 advertisement in the New Hunan Daily sought to recruit female work teams to go
to Xinjiang to exploit oil and gas reserves
How far did the role and status of women change in the period 1958-76 1
women change in the period 1958-
76
Files & media
intro:
to assess how far the role and status of women changed in the period 1958-76, it is necessary
to consider the extent to which there were changes during this time to the role and status of
women in the workplace, the family and society
main body
1) workplace
ccp provided real opportunities that women didn't possess before
Women's Association encouraged social and political activism
had 40,000 staff in 83 cities w official membership of 76 million
produced books + pamphlets exhorting women to greater efforts and encouraged
women to take the lead in 'speak bitterness' meetings against the regime's
enemies
provided financial support to help women weave uniforms or make shoes for PLA
although this reinforced traditional gender expectations
during CR men and women wore same uniform
female party cadres comprised between 8-12% from 1958-66 but btwn 16 and 21%
from 1970-1974
CCP encouraged female education
sample of rural girls who's started skl between 1929-49 found that only 38%
completed primary education compared to 100% of those starting after 1959
by 1978, 45% of primary school children were girls
job opportunities
from 1949, PLA enlisted unmarried, educated female students btwn 18 and 19 for its
military academies
1951 advertisement in the New Hunan Daily sought to recruit female work teams to go
to Xinjiang to exploit oil and gas reserves
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