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When compared to women in other modern, industrialized societies, women in the Soviet Union have made definite strides toward equality with men in several important spheres: employment, legal rights, social and political activity, and education. It cannot be said, however, that women in the U.S.S.R., or elsewhere, have achieved equality with men. Yet the gains that Soviet women have attained have been persistent and impressive.
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Ratliff, P.M. (1991). Women’s education in the U.S.S.R.: 1950–1985. In: Kelly, G.P., Slaughter, S. (eds) Women’s Higher Education in Comparative Perspective. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3816-1_2
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