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Women in Russia

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Beth Turner
Rose Smith
Lily Webb
Fanny Deakin
Florence Maxwell

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WOMEN IN RUSSIA

TWO PENCE

Published m February, Hj28

Printed in England by The Dorrit Press Limited (T.U. throughout), 61:'-jo Lant Street, Borough, London, S.E.t. Published by th-:: Communist Party of Great Britain, 16, King Street, London, \'\'.C.2

INTRODUCTION EvERV woman in Britain is familiar with .the Bolshevik hogey. It has been used to capture her votes at .election times, and inftuence her mind in fayour of . the Government's hostile acts against .Soviet Russia. Acoording to the capitalist press reports, the Bolsheviks have nat ionalised women and destroyed family life and everything beautiful in the realms of &rt. Religion has been wiped out, and hordes of homeless children roam at large. "lforality" does not exist, and the people arc rel\dy to revolt against the Soviet Government. In the following pages is told the story of five British working women, who travelled thousands of miles, unattended, in order to see things for themselves. In this land so dangerous for women they found working women treated with n care and consideration undreamed of in our own