Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: Equal Players or Back to the Kitchen? by Wilma Rule
Women in Politics: Past and Present
Women's Participation: From Lenin to Gorbachev by Carol Nechemias
The Communist Era and Women: Image and Reality by Joel C. Moses
Women in Russia's First Multiparty Election by Wilma Rule and Nadezhda Shvedova
The Changing Gender Culture and Women's Place
Women in Russian Society from the Tsars to Yeltsin by Marcelline Hutton
The Bolshevik Legacy and Russian Women's Movements by Norma C. Noonan
The Fall of the Soviet Union, The Rise of Capitalism and the Impact on Women
Before the Fall: Economic and Social Problems by Alexander Ardishvili
The Gorbachev Leadership: Change and Continuity by Norma C. Noonan
The Yeltsin Presidency, Economic Reform, and Women by Luba Racanska
The Changing Constitutions and Women's Human Rights
Russian Constitution and Women's Political Opportunities by Richard D. Anderson, Jr.
Law and Policy: Women's Human Rights in Russia by Dorothy McBride Stetson
Crossroads in Russian History: A Brighter Road Ahead for Women? by Norma C. Noonan
Glossary of Russian and Soviet Leaders
Glossary of Russian Terms
Select Bibliography
Index