Status+of+women+Mao+and+Nasser

Julia Schechter--Period 7


 * __1. The Status of Women under a Dictator__**
 * improvements revolutionize and modernize a country in order to make noticeable changes
 * gain support from women
 * appeal to many different groups of people, win popular support


 * __2.Mao and Nasser on the Status of Women__**

>  >  **Quotations from Little Red Book:**  -"Unite and take part in production and political activity to improve the economic and political status of women."  -"In order to build a great socialist society it is of the utmost importance to arouse the broad masses of women to join in productive activity. Men and women must receive equal pay for equal work in production. Genuine equality between the sexes can only be realized in the process of the socialist transformation of society as a whole."
 * Mao**
 * Part of the social revolution in the early 1950s
 * Equality of the sexes in education, employment and pay made law
 * women given the right to own property for the first time
 * 1950 Marriage Law
 * banned arranged marriages, polygamy, child betrothal and concubinage (some practices continued)
 * By the 1970s almost 50% of China's doctors were women and 30% of engineers and scientists
 * Divorce allowed for the first time
 * Maternity benefits introduced in 1951
 * including feeding time and nurseries


 * Nasser**
 * gave women the right to vote
 * elected women to governmental positions
 * legal rights and special protection for working women
 * increased enrollment in schools and universities
 * attempted to decrease female illiteracy


 * __3. Similarities and Differences__**
 * Mao improved women's rights partly because they provided a valuable source for the workforce
 * Nasser improved women's rights partly to gain support for his revolutionary actions
 * Mao's improvements and advancements were part of an integral concept of socialism
 * Nasser's improvements complicated by Islam
 * both gave women more freedom and opportunities in education
 * both gave women significant rights, including the right to vote (Nasser) and the right to own property (Mao)
 * Results:
 * Near the end of the 20th century in China, women made up 39% of the workforce, 39% of students in secondary education and over 20% of the parliament
 * In Egypt, women's associations became targets of the regime, because the regime strove to be the main source of welfare for the people/total control

sources:

"B10 China under Mao: 1949-1959." //Dhahran British//. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2010. .

Sullivan, Earl L. //Women in Egyptian Public Life//. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1986. //Google Book Search//. Web. 27 Apr. 2010.