Union of Women of Russia explained
Country: | Russia |
Union of Women of Russia |
Leader: | Alevtina Fedulova |
Dissolved: | 1993 |
Ideology: | Feminism |
The Union of Women of Russia (Russian: Союз женщин России (СЖР); known before 1991 as the Soviet Women's Committee)[1] was a women's political organisation in Russia. Its leader was Alevtina Fedulova.[2]
In 1993, it was the dominant force in the merger of the Association of Women Entrepreneurs and the Union of Navy Women to form the Women of Russia political bloc.[3]
Notes and References
- Book: Corigliano . Norma Noonan . Noonan . Norma C. . Nechemias . Carol . Encyclopedia of Russian Women's Movements . 2001 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 978-0-313-30438-5 . 192 .
- Nechemias. Carol. 2000. Politics in Post-Soviet Russia: Where are the Women?. PDF. Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization. https://web.archive.org/web/20150710125157/https://www.gwu.edu/~ieresgwu/assets/docs/demokratizatsiya%20archive/08-2_Nechemias.PDF. 10 July 2015. 207.
- Book: Rule . Wilma . Noonan . Norma C. . Russian Women in Politics and Society . 1996 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 978-0-313-29363-4 . 44 .