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American Women in Red Russia. In Pursuit of the Soviet Dream

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American Women in Red Russia. In Pursuit of the Soviet Dream
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At the beginning of the 20th century, the point of attraction for American expats was not only Paris with its literary cafes, but also revolutionary Moscow. In the 1920s and 1930s, many American intellectuals were fascinated by the Soviet project, with a special place among them occupied by independent, educated and determined women - suffragettes, educators, journalists, artists and reformers. Many of them traveled to Moscow in the hope of a new era in which they would not only be independent of men, but also become equal builders of a new society. They rescued starving children, worked in rural communes in Siberia, wrote for Moscow or New York newspapers, and performed on Soviet stages. Julia L. Mickenberg's book tells the stories of these women, reveals the complex motivations behind their actions, and shows the path most of them traveled from romantic fascination to severe disillusionment with the Soviet experiment. Julia L. Mickenberg is a cultural historian, PhD, and professor at the University of Minnesota.
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