Women in Water Construction Movements in the 1950s and 60s: Hui Women Reservoir in Hui'an County, Fujian Province
YANG Qi-fu1, WANG Wei-wei2
1.School of Social History at the Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian Province, China; 2.Department of History at the Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Abstract：Many women participated in the water construction movements in the 1950s and 60s. "Hui Women's Reservoir" that was built by women construction workers drafted among nearby villages attracted wide public attention. Throughout the construction of the "Hui Women's Reservoir" women were mobilized to achieve titles as model workers and to win awards in contests for best work performance achievers and motivated to adopt a new women's image with aspirations for "women's liberation" and "equality between men and women." However, this notion of women's liberation did not come from women and also was based on a misunderstanding of women's issues equal to class issues and an inspiration for women to follow men's images. Although this way of thinking was suited to the political climate at the time, it lacked due attention to women as an entity and minimized the goal of achieving equality between men and women.
杨齐福,汪炜伟. 20世纪五、六十年代水利建设运动中的女性——以福建省惠安县惠女水库为例[J]. 妇女研究论丛, 2011, 0(3): 69-75.
YANG Qi-fu, WANG Wei-wei. Women in Water Construction Movements in the 1950s and 60s: Hui Women Reservoir in Hui'an County, Fujian Province. , 2011, 0(3): 69-75.
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