Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women

by Kristen R. Ghodsee

Book Overview

The lives of five socialist women and their legacy for modern-day feminists

Red Valkyries explores the history of socialist feminism in Eastern Europe. Through the revolutionary careers of five prominent socialist women active in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries--the aristocratic Bolshevik Alexandra Kollontai; the radical pedagogue Nadezhda Krupskaya; the polyamorous firebrand Inessa Armand; the deadly sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839766603
• ISBN13: 9781839766602
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.3"