LABOR FEAT OF WOMEN IN THE REAR DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR (1941-1945) (CASE STUDY OF THE IVANOVO REGION) Cover Image

ТРУДОВОЙ ПОДВИГ ЖЕНЩИН В ТЫЛУ В ГОДЫ ВЕЛИКОЙ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОЙ ВОЙНЫ (1941-1945) (НА ПРИМЕРЕ ИВАНОВСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ)
LABOR FEAT OF WOMEN IN THE REAR DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR (1941-1945) (CASE STUDY OF THE IVANOVO REGION)

Author(s): Olga Anatolevna Khasbulatova, Vladimir Sergeevich Okolotin
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Economic history, Social history, Labor relations, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: labor feat of Ivanovo women - textile workers and seamstresses; clothing supply of the army; khaki cloth “gimnasterochka”; the myth of the weak sex;

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the labor feat of women during the Great Patriotic War. Based on extensive factual material and archival sources, it is shown that women employed in the textile and clothing industry of Ivanovo region, in difficult wartime conditions, played a major role in the clothing of the active army. They showed true heroism, donated blood, took care of wounded soldiers in hospitals, and nurtured children. The authors emphasize that this historical example of women’s resilience once again crosses out the myth of the weak sex, actualizes their role as a subject of social progress.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 3-9
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Russian