Women's work in Soviet Russia: continuity in the midst of change.

Theoretical Issues
The Debate over Women’s Entrance into the Labor Force
The Relationship between Work and Family Status
Backwardness as a Hindrance
Backwardness as an Asset
Measuring Equality
Soviet Russia as a Subject of Inquiry
The Chapters Ahead
Work and Family Prior to the 1917 Revolution
The Peasant Household
Nineteenth-century Employment
From 1900 to World War I
The Consequences of World War I
Note
Female Labor During the Soviet Period: Supply and Demand
Population Size and the Sex Ratio
Financial Needs of the Soviet Family
The Female Marriage Rate
Decades of Uncertainty
Male Irresponsibility
The Economics of Family Life
Family Structure and the Supply of Women
Fewer Births, Not Fewer Children
Grandparents, Husbands, and Child Care
The Provision of Services
Child-Care Facilities
Housing
Household Appliances and Service Enterprises
The Discrepancy between Income and Need
Values, Sexism, and Services
The Impact of Urbanization
The Actions of the Party and Government
Recruiting and the Work Ideology
Education
Quotas and Legal Restrictions
The Soviet Strategy of Economic Growth
Conclusion
Notes
Women in the Nonagrarian Labor Force, 1917 to the Present
The Change in Labor Force Participation
Occupational Segregation
Previous Research and the Measures of Segregation
Occupation Segregation in Soviet Russia
Women's Access to Top Positions: The Vertical Hierarchy
Wage Differences
Educational Attainment
Conclusion
Notes
Time-Budgets of Urban Workers
Introduction
Soviet Urban Time-Budget Research
Time-Budget Research of the 1920s and 1930s
Contemporary Studies
Variations by Age
Variations by Family Status
Consequences of Women's Double Burden
Class Differences in Time Usage
Adaptations to the Five-Day Workweek
Advantages of City Living
Conclusion
Notes
Work and Family in Rural Russia
The Rural Household
Changing Educational Achievement
The Contrast between State and Collective Farms
The Sexual Composition of the Labor Force
Rural Time-Budget Studies
Class Differences in Family Life
Conclusion
Notes
Conclusion
Change and Continuity
The Interconnection between Work and Family Life
"Idealized Femininity"
The Absence of Disruptive Capitalism
The Meaning of Work
Appendix
Employment and Educational Attainment
The Classification of Time
Time-Budgets of Workers
Bibliography
Index
About the Author