Download or read book Women in the Soviet Countryside written by Susan Bridger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-12-17 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on women's roles in rural development has found that women's contribution to the rural economy is commonly underestimated and that women may find it difficult to benefit from the development process. Within this context, this book looks at the Soviet experience of development as reflected in the lives of rural women.