In Russia, before the communist movements, but during the first revolution, women were trying to uplift the idea of change and reform for them. Soon, movements for middle-class women became stronger and it shed light on many people in their society. However, this quickly stopped as the government and people with power were strongly against any change and liberation for women in Russia. Alexandra Kollontai, a Russian Communist revolutionary and a member of the Bolshevik government in Russia, with a piece from their autobiography, Soviet Union, 926 (D). Before the first revolution in Russia, Kollontai described the sadness and anger in the autobiography with the members of the party in the Bolshevik government. The common opinion and agreement in the fate of women of the working class and how meager was its interest in womens liberation. was the opinion that many in the government believed. Even with a strong bourgeois (middle class) womens movement, in Russia, no support on this matter was given. These movements were shut down and communist movements began, Kollontai knew that through her analysis, women in the middle class would have to be a part of these movements to gain a new social orde
r and a different economic system and to gain equality and liberation.
Women were delayed in their tracks to gain this from their reforms, before and after the movements. Even though it got better, women were still not able to earn their freedom all the way. As time went on women were slowly getting movements back up and going. A study published by the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., 96 (D4). This showed the percentage of women in research and professional positions in the Soviet Union. In the table, you can see the percentage of women in the categories, professors, associate professors, and Junior research associates. These all went up just by a little bit, the rest had little change or no change. This table does show that there was change as the years went on, even if it was a slow start. However, that does not go unnoticed by women who were still struggling to earn these jobs after the communist movements. Life wasnt as easy as it seems in these charts. It was a slow process for women to earn rights, let alone a higher-paying job. The percentage showed a great deal, but women were still going through hardships and movements were still going to get their freedom and rights.