How Equality Started in Research
Legally, the 1917 revolution solved the gender issue in the Russian academic community. The doors to the profession opened for women, but a ‘glass ceiling’ remained. Ekaterina Streltsova and Evgenia Dolgova studied who it affected and why. This study is the first to present a socio-demographic analysis of the female academic community in Moscow and Leningrad during the early Soviet era.
Research & ExpertiseIQgender studiesresearch staffSoviet Unionwomen in scienceInstitute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge
12 March
2019