On The Improvement Of The Status Of Women In China In The Early Founding Of New China

The women's liberation movement had got into a new era since the foundation of the People's Republic of China. Especially in the early stage of P. R. C (from 1949 to 1956), the women's social status had taken place unprecedented change. It is meaningful to study this problem, from which we can learn experiences and lessons. The experiences and lessons have profound influences to today's women liberation movement.This paper intends to divide six parts to study this problem.The first part: The Marriage Law established women's equal status in marriage and family. This part consists of two sections. First, the author summarizes the women's status in marriage and family before the foundation of P. R. C. Second, the author discusses the improvements of the women's status in marriage and family after the foundation of P. R. C.The second part: Taking part in work and construction gave women's independent economic rights. In the early stage of P. R. C, the women took part in the society labor actively, not only had they acquired the economic rights, but also improved the social status.The third part: Women participated in managing the state and become masters of the new society. The Election Law gave the women the right to vote. Women's political position got improvement.The forth part: Social and regular education raised women's culture qualities. The social education made the adult women get rid of illiteracy condition. The regular education provides the women excellent education opportunity.The fifth part: The work on maternity and children care promoted women's health in both body and mind. New childbirth method guarantees the women's life safety. The foundation of medicalorganizations guarantees women' s health in both body and mind.The sixth part: The author summarizes the causes and experiences of the improvement in women' s status in the early stage of P. R. C and characteristics of women' s liberation movement.Finally: Women' s liberation movement and its achievements in the early days of P. R. C are unparalleled, even though women' s liberation is a long historic process, and feudal thought still haunts people' s mind more or less. After all, the progress in women' s liberation movement in the early day of P. R. C is a historic leap and the influences are profound.