The Image of an Ideal Woman in 1960-1980s Soviet Press

Student: Tepliakova Anna

Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (Perm)

Educational Programme: History (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 8

Year of Graduation: 2020

This work describes the ideal image of a woman in the Soviet press of the 60-80s of the XX century. The first chapter is devoted to historiography, as well as a description of the general situation of women in the 60-80s; the second chapter is devoted to the identification and description of the positive professional qualities of the employee; the third chapter is devoted to the family portrait of a woman, her relationship with children and parents, relations with men, as well as domestic duties; the fourth chapter addresses the appearance of a woman, what clothes were worn, which hairstyles and images were in fashion, and also what they used for their care; the fifth chapter is devoted to identifying the negative and positive traits of Soviet women.

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