Bolshevik Women

by Barbara Evans Clements

Bolshevik Women is a history of the women who joined the Soviet Communist Party before 1921. Drawing on a database of more than five hundred individuals as well as on intensive research into the lives of the most prominent female Bolsheviks, Barbara Clements tells the fascinating story of the female Reds who survived imprisonment, built bombs, led armies into battle, and struggled to survive under Stalin. The study argues that women were important members of the Communist Party during its formative years.

Genres: History, Russian History, Nonfiction, Feminism

352 pages, Hardcover

First published August 13, 1997

Reviews

[Olesya Gilmore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating survey of prominent female Bolsheviks involved in the pre-revolutionary underground, the Revolution, and the newly minted Soviet Union.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was assigned for a class. I didn't expect to enjoy it, but ended up loving it. It is the story of the Russian Revolution from the perspective of female participants.