Communism DBQ
As communism spread in the twentieth century, communist regimes initially enacted gender reforms in order to gain a female following. “While women struggled for freedom throughout the western world, communist revolutions were radically equalizing for females, helping the suffragettes everywhere.”However, as feminist movements became more radical, communist governments slowed this reform.While women struggled for freedom throughout the western world, communist revolutions were radically equalizing for females, helping the suffragettes everywhere. The Soviets even had a special part of the government devoted to women, whereas in the west, women struggled to vote, have jobs, or gain political voices. Women’s rights have been a struggle since the
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The president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, was speaking out against women’s discrimination making it clear that women were not given the opportunities promised by the revolutions despite them being qualified. Document 6 is Cuban communist leader, Fidel Castro, speaking to a women’s organization. This was written because it is likely that he is trying to persuade more women to join the communist party. Castro admits that women didn’t attain equality in communist Cuba, but women have high communist credentials that men do not have. In Document 4, while likely accurate, coming from a US source raises the question of its legitimacy, as the US was locked in the Cold War with the USSR, and may have simply wanted to rally the American people against the Soviet Union. Majority of data shows women not equal to men in USSR with PHD’s, Professors, Associate Professors, Senior Researchers, but women close to parity in Junior Research category. In Document 7, it shows that most women suffer in Communist Romania. Women did get factory jobs, but food shortages hurt women and families. Women were stuck doing domestic work after long days in factories while wives of party officials live rich lives. This was written to show the first lady that while she is living her lavish lifestyle, people are dying in Romania and they make food easier to find, work less hours for more pay and have justice in our
The president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, was speaking out against women’s discrimination making it clear that women were not given the opportunities promised by the revolutions despite them being qualified. Document 6 is Cuban communist leader, Fidel Castro, speaking to a women’s organization. This was written because it is likely that he is trying to persuade more women to join the communist party. Castro admits that women didn’t attain equality in communist Cuba, but women have high communist credentials that men do not have. In Document 4, while likely accurate, coming from a US source raises the question of its legitimacy, as the US was locked in the Cold War with the USSR, and may have simply wanted to rally the American people against the Soviet Union. Majority of data shows women not equal to men in USSR with PHD’s, Professors, Associate Professors, Senior Researchers, but women close to parity in Junior Research category. In Document 7, it shows that most women suffer in Communist Romania. Women did get factory jobs, but food shortages hurt women and families. Women were stuck doing domestic work after long days in factories while wives of party officials live rich lives. This was written to show the first lady that while she is living her lavish lifestyle, people are dying in Romania and they make food easier to find, work less hours for more pay and have justice in our