Publication
Ordinary Week: An Attempt to Emancipate Women in the Soviet Union
Publication by: Editors: N. Manukyan, T. Saghdasaryan, H. Kyureghyan, A. Haroyan
Paradigma Educational Foundation
2024
Publication type
Book (Monography, Handbook or Edited volume)
Language of publication
English, Armenian
Abstract of the publication
“Ordinary Week” is an educational graphic novel. It presents a critical perspective on the nearly seventy-year Soviet experiment of emancipating women and targeting demographic growth. The book includes the story of one week in the life of a young Soviet woman, 15 tables of statistical data, more than 20 articles from various issues of the Soviet Armenian Female Worker of Armenia magazine, a historical overview, and an active historical thinking questionnaire.
Thematic focus
Economic History
Gender History
Social History