Female «intentional person»: combat with prostitution in the context of revolutionary consciousness in 1920—1922 (Based on material of the Urals) Cover Image

«Злостные лица» женского пола: борьба с проституцией в свете революционного самосознания в 1920—1922 гг. (По материалам Урала)
Female «intentional person»: combat with prostitution in the context of revolutionary consciousness in 1920—1922 (Based on material of the Urals)

Author(s): M. I. Miroshnichenko
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: women; women's history; prostitution; Department of Women; Commission for the Prevention of Prostitution; a new economic policy; revolutionary consciousness.

Summary/Abstract: This article analyzes representations of prostitution in the early 1920's. The main directions of work of commissions and councils combatting prostitution in the Urals are analyzed. The author shows the effect of legal uncertainty on the fate of women, the transformation in the minds of men employees of party and government organs content coming from the center of instructions.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 55-66
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian