Research On Women's Liberation Movement During The May 4th Period

The women's liberation movement of the May 4th period is typical and influential in the Chinese women's liberation movement. During the several thousand years of feudal rule, the real conscious of the women's movement is in the open in the May 4th Movement, majority of Chinese women at an unprecedented gesture of revolution, Heroically participated in the May 4th Movement. They organized patriotic groups, established women's publications, promoted the development of women's liberation movement from the action, the organization. They fight for gender equality education, advocated social open,freedom of marriage, economic independence, promoted the development of women's liberation movement ideologically. After "June 3", female proletarian labors participated in combat, has changed the direction of women's liberation movement, promoted the development of women's liberation movement. Especially after the birth of the Communist Party of China, it promoted the development of the women's liberation movement in depth and strength from the political,leadership, and made it became an important components of China's revolutionary struggle. The May 4th movement created a new era of Chinese women's liberation movement. The awakening of women and their struggling for liberation have both reached a new level. They strongly criticized the feudal ethics, asked for their own liberation, marriage for autonomy, equal social status and the right to education as men, set up the first solid foundation for the women's liberation movement in China, and became a broad mass base of women's liberation movement in China's modern history.Therefore, this paper try to discuss the women's liberation movement during the May 4th period from five aspects, with the purpose of helping the reader have a clear idea about the feudal ethics'devastation to women to women at that time, helping them have a further understanding about modern Chinese women's liberation movement.Chapter I. The new culture movement promoted the embryo of the women's liberation movement. The pioneers of the new culture movement uphold democracy and science, promoted the women's liberation movement. LiDazhao and other Marxists introduced the situation of the October Revolution and women's liberation to China. Established a theoretical base for the women's movement in the may 4th period.Chapter II. The springing up of the women's liberation movement in the May 4th period. With the development of the democracy movement . the female students, the female works and other women participated in the patriotic movement against the imperialism and warlord. They established the publication, organized patriotic groups. Enlarged the propaganda to the whole country. Chapter III. The upsurge of the women's liberation movement in the May 4th period. With the driving of the whole society's advancement, the women's movement walked up to the upsurge. They fight for gender equality education, advocated social open,freedom of marriage, economic independence, promoted the development of women's liberation movement.Chapter IV The characteristics of the women's liberation movement in the May 4th period. The women's liberation movement in the May 4th period burst the old limitation, realized the combination of the workwomen and the female intelligentsia, especially after the May 4th movement, the workwomen became the hardcore, and combined with the proletarian movement, represented its unique characteristic.Chapter V. The social influence of the women's liberation movement of the may 4th movement. The women's liberation movement of the May 4th period had a deep influence to the whole society in the politics, economics and culture. It promoted women to participate in the democracy and independently took part in the life of the social economy, struggled to pursue personality liberation.