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Russian Women, 1698-1917

Experience and Expression, An Anthology of Sources

William G Wagner editor Jehanne M Gheith editor Robin Bisha editor Christine C Holden editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Indiana University Press

Published:16th Sep '02

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A generous selection of primary sources in English translation illuminates the diverse and changing lives of Russian women in the Imperial period.

Presents a variety of primary sources on the lives of Russian women from the reign of Peter the Great to the Bolshevik revolution. This is a guide to the social, economic, political, and cultural history of women in Imperial Russia. It includes illustrations, a chronology, a glossary of Russian terms, a map, and a guide to further reading.

"This collection offers a treasure trove of primary sources of interest to students of women's history. Carefully introduced and annotated, these documents illustrate the diversity of Russian women's lives." —Barbara Alpern Engel

"There is no other work that offers such a wide variety of documents and such a successful combination of literary and historical materials." —Ann Hibner Koblitz


This rich anthology of source materials makes available for the first time in any language a multitude of primary sources on the lives of Russian women from the reign of Peter the Great to the Bolshevik revolution. The selections are drawn from a wide variety of documents, published and unpublished, including memoirs, diaries, legal codes, correspondence, short fiction, poetry, ethnographic observations, and folklore. Primacy is given to sources produced by women and previously unavailable in English translation. Organized thematically, the documents focus on women's family life, work and schooling, public activism, creative self-expression, and sexuality and spirituality, as well as on the cultural ideals and legal framework which constrained women of all social classes.

"Women can do everything, men can do the rest." "Between a woman's 'yes' and a woman's 'no,' it's hard to pass a needle." "What goes in with mother's milk goes out with the soul." --Russian proverbs

ISBN: 9780253340849

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448 pages