ABSTRACT
One should recall V. I. Lenin's observation that for a socialist society, the decisive factor is not only the quantity of women who participate in social production but the character of their work. The intensification of production, scientific-technological progress, the decline in rates of growth of labor resources, and the growing social activity of women are all objective factors that have created a need for special attention to questions posed at Lenin's behest. Greater efforts have been directed toward improving working and living conditions for women. These problems were the subject of a "round table" that was organized by the research department of the Higher School of the Trade Union Movement of the A11-Union Central Council of Trade Unions in Moscow. Scholars and specialists taking part in the "round table" included economists, sociologists, medical doctors, lawyers, and others.
