Communist Movements and Women's Struggle for Rights DBQ Communist movements in the twentieth century allowed women to work alongside men and promoted women as being equal to men and deserving the same rights as men. These effects were facilitated by the communist governments promoting women as an important aspect of communist society. However, communist movements did not fully achieve equality for women and women's struggle for rights continued in many countries. The communist movement can best be understood in the context of the Soviet Union promoting and spreading communism. Communist leaders such as Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh were supported by the Soviet Union and came to power behind the military or financial support of the Soviet Union. …show more content…
Doc 3 is the constitution of North Vietnam that explicitly states how women will receive equal pay with men for doing the same work. In fact, the constitution even allows women to take time off of work before and after work, a privilege that men did not receive. Doc 4 is a study on the percentage of women that held professional jobs in the Soviet Union. While the study shows that women are the minority of the workforce in professional jobs, this study was made in Washington, D.C. and published in the U.S. during the cold war. An American study during the cold war would be biased against the Soviet Union and would want to portray the Soviet Union in a negative light. In this case, inequality in their workforce. While this source contradicts document 3, it is not creditable. Evidence that women did not fully achieve equality is in doc 7. Document 7 was made in 1980, decades after the establishment of Romania as a communist state. Women's struggle for rights continued after the establishment of a communist government and well into the late twentieth century. Women in Romania were faced with many more responsibilities expected of them compared to men. Women were expected to work during that day and provide food for their families at the end of the day. Working class women had to put with these struggles as the first lady of the country, Elena Ceausescu lived