Lenin and the Bolsheviks were strong believers that women were oppressed and did not have equality with me in the eyes of the law. This revolution: “changed the nature of marriage and gave women equality before the law, freeing women from housework and empowering them to participate in public life and productive labor on an equal footing with men.” At the end of the 1920s, the Bolsheviks established the Soviet Family Code of 1918. This code established civil marriage, made divorce more accessible, and abolished the idea of illegitimate children. Lenin changed the laws regarding abortion. He even legalized the acts of receiving and giving an abortion on November 18, 1920. Women’s emancipation was strongly encouraged by The Zhenotdel, which was an all women's department that was established to focus on the needs of women and their participation in the state and
Lenin and the Bolsheviks were strong believers that women were oppressed and did not have equality with me in the eyes of the law. This revolution: “changed the nature of marriage and gave women equality before the law, freeing women from housework and empowering them to participate in public life and productive labor on an equal footing with men.” At the end of the 1920s, the Bolsheviks established the Soviet Family Code of 1918. This code established civil marriage, made divorce more accessible, and abolished the idea of illegitimate children. Lenin changed the laws regarding abortion. He even legalized the acts of receiving and giving an abortion on November 18, 1920. Women’s emancipation was strongly encouraged by The Zhenotdel, which was an all women's department that was established to focus on the needs of women and their participation in the state and