Women in Russian History: From the Tenth to the Twentieth Century (New Russian History)

As the first survey of the history of women in Russia to be published in any language, this book is itself an historic event -- the result of the collaboration of the leading Russian and American specialists on Russian women's history. The book is divided in to four chronological parts corresponding to eras of Russian history: (I) Kievan/Mongol (10th - 15th centuries); (II) Muscovite ( 16th - 17th centuries); (III) 18th century; and (IV) 19th - early 20th centuries.Each part gives coverage to four main topics: (1) The role of prominent women in public life, with biographical sketches of women who attained prominence in political or cultural life; (2) Women's daily life and family roles; (3) Women's status under the law; (4) Material culture and in particular women's dress as an expression of their place in society. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of Illustrations Author's and Translator's Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Warriors, Regents, and Scholars: The Tenth to Fifteenth Centuries Princesses in Their Own Right Before and After the Wedding "If Anyone Has a Daughter" A Woman's Calling Card Chapter 2. The Terem and Beyond: Women in Muscovy From Ruler to Regent Who Shall Find a Virtuous Woman? A Woman's Honor "Painted Beauties" Chapter 3. Empresses and Diarists: Women in the Enlightenment Out of the Terem, Onto the Throne Marriage for Love, or Money The Lesser Share Fashion and Tradition Chapter 4. The New Women of the New Epoch: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries The Many Roles of Women The Empress as Angel of Mercy Hostesses of Distinction Revolutionary Women Women in the Academy Writers and Poets The World of the Arts Lives of Toil and Leisure The ''Woman Question" Crinolines and Sarafans Epilogue. Women in the Soviet Union and After: 1917 to the 1990s Notes Selected Bibliography Index As the first survey of the history of women in Russia to be published in any language, this book is itself an historic event -- the result of the collaboration of the leading Russian and American specialists on Russian women's history. The book is divided in to four chronological parts corresponding to eras of Russian (I) Kievan/Mongol (10th - 15th centuries); (II) Muscovite ( 16th - 17th centuries); (III) 18th century; and (IV) 19th - early 20th centuries. Each part gives coverage to four main (1) The role of prominent women in public life, with biographical sketches of women who attained prominence in political or cultural life; (2) Women's daily life and family roles; (3) Women's status under the law; (4) Material culture and in particular women's dress as an expression of their place in society.