Women

'If even the most resolute and courageous fighter on the civil war front returns home and has to listen day after day to the grumbles and complaints of his wife and face in her, as a result of her lack of political consciousness, an opponent to the continuing struggle for Soviet power, the will of even a valiant warrior hardened in battle may weaken, and he who did not surrender to counter-revolution may surrender to his wife and come under her harmful influence.'

'Therefore, we must mould the female working masses into a solid bulwark of Soviet power against counter-revolution. Each #woman must understand that, in fighting for Soviet power, she is fighting for her own rights and for those of her children.'

V.I. Lenin and the First Congress of Women Workers.