Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women by Kristen Ghodsee memory politics its importance was not lost

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Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women by Kristen Ghodsee memory politics its importance was not lost'Kristen Ghodsee's new book is a well documented and immensely personal guide to the 20th century East European socialist women's movement' Agnieszka Mrozik Through a series of lively and accessible biographical essays, Red Valkyries explores the history of socialist feminism in Eastern Europe. By examining the revolutionary careers of five prominent socialist women active in the 19th and 20th centuries the aristocratic Bolshevik, Alexandra Kollontai;