Abstract：Along with the wave of Chinese industrial development, a great number of female workers came to work in factories, participating in production similarly as the male workers and breaking away from the conventional gender roles. The special physiological needs of female workers in relation to pregnancy, childbirth, and breath-feeding had a negative impact on women workers and affect their physical and mental health. Then the issue of maternity protection arose. After the May 4th Movement, maternity protection of female workers attracted the attention of scholars and then became a goal of struggles of labor groups and women's groups. The formation of public issue made the problem of maternity protection from private sphere to public sphere. In response to pressures from communities, the government adopted the law to require factories to take responsibility for maternity protection of their female workers. This law was not implemented because of various reasons, but the concept of maternity protection was accepted by people, and provided foundation for the future government to pay attention to maternity protection legislation.
刘秀红. 社会性别视域下的民国女工生育保障问题（1912-1937）*[J]. 妇女研究论丛, 2015, 0(6): 33-41.
LIU Xiu-hong. Maternity Protection of Women Workers in the Republic of China from a Gender Perspective. , 2015, 0(6): 33-41.
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