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Author(s): Cathy Porter
ISBN(s): 9781608463688, 1608463680
Edition: Revised
File Details: PDF, 21.47 MB
Year: 2014
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1608463680 
ISBN 13: 9781608463688
Author: Cathy Porter

Alexandra Kollontai was a key leader of the Russian Socialist movement, the only woman in the early Soviet government, and one of the most famous women in Russian history. She worked tirelessly all her life as a speaker, writer, and organizer for women’s emancipation. This compelling biography recounts her life for an emerging generation of fighters for women’s liberation.

Cathy Porter is a translator, teacher, and researcher on Russian history. She is the author of Fathers and Daughters: Russian Women in Revolution and translator of Alexandra Kollontai’s Love of Worker Bees.

Alexandra Kollontai A Biography 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Early Life and Formation (1872–1899)

  1. A Daughter of Privilege

    • Childhood in St. Petersburg’s aristocracy

    • Education, influences, and early encounters with inequality

  2. The Awakening of a Revolutionary

    • University years and exposure to Marxist thought

    • Marriage to Vladimir Kollontai and intellectual rebellion

  3. Breaking with Tradition

    • Travels across Europe

    • Encounters with socialism and feminist movements

Part II: The Making of a Revolutionary (1900–1916)

  1. Exile and Revolution Abroad

    • Work with Russian émigrés and European socialists

    • Writing and activism: The Social Basis of the Woman Question

  2. The Struggle for Women’s Emancipation

    • Early feminist socialism in Russia

    • Conflicts within the Marxist movement over the “woman question”

  3. Return to Russia and the War Years

    • Anti-war stance and clash with Mensheviks

    • The path toward Bolshevism

Part III: The October Revolution and Aftermath (1917–1922)

  1. 1917: The Year of Revolutions

    • February and October: From protest to power

    • Kollontai’s role in the Bolshevik victory

  2. Commissar for Social Welfare

    • Policies on maternity, children, and workers’ welfare

    • Founding of the Zhenotdel (Women’s Department)

  3. Love, Morality, and the New Woman

    • Theories of “free love” and sexual liberation

    • Cultural backlash and ideological battles

Part IV: Isolation and Diplomacy (1923–1945)

  1. The Workers’ Opposition

    • Internal debates over democracy and bureaucracy

    • Clash with Lenin and the Party hierarchy

  2. Exile in Service: The Diplomat’s Life

    • First woman ambassador in history

    • Norway, Mexico, and Sweden: Years of negotiation and survival

  3. Between Stalin and the West

    • Navigating political purges and Soviet diplomacy during WWII

Part V: Legacy and Reflections (1946–1952 and Beyond)

  1. Final Years and Reflections

    • Retirement, writings, and correspondence

    • Assessment of her political and personal legacy

  2. Kollontai’s Feminism Reconsidered

    • Influence on socialist and feminist thought

    • Contemporary interpretations of her vision

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