Research on a Hundred Years of Feminist Thought in China

Author: Wang Zheng
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The 1950s were a very important period in the history of women's movement in China. With strong ideological propaganda and a series of political movements, "women's liberation" and "gender equality" became mainstream discourse known to all. Women were widely mobilized, whether in rural or urban areas, completing the transition from the domestic sphere to socialized production. It was a great but short-lived social experiment, where people's communes attempted to liberate women completely through the "canteenization," "sewing," and "daycare" socialization of household labor.