Holding Up Half the Sky Chinese Women Past, Present, and Future

Drawing together work by many of China's most distinguished women scholars, this collection provides a series of revelations about women in China. Whether addressing their active roles in the cultural and economic life of the distant past, or detailing the early women's movement in China and women's political participation, or exploring women's status in the family and workplace today, the essays bring together fresh information and provide analyses not otherwise available in the West. Together they tell a gripping story of political struggle and set forth a series of courageous goals for change in the twenty-first century. Book jacket.Tao, Jie is the author of 'Holding Up Half the Sky Chinese Women Past, Present, and Future', published 2004 under ISBN 9781558614659 and ISBN 1558614656.