RED VALKYRIES

Through a series of lively and accessible biographical essays, Red Valkyries explores the history of socialist feminism century Eastern Europe. By examining the revolutionary careers of five prominent socialist women active in the 19th and 20th centuries-the aristocratic Bolshevik, Alexandra Kollontai, the radical pedagogue, Nadezhda Krupskaya, the polyamorous firebrand, Inessa Armand, the deadly sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, and the partisan turned scientist turned global women's activist, Elena Lagadinova-Kristen Ghodsee tells the s...[Read more]