ABSTRACT
The long and colorful history of China has seen women as the servants of often unreasonable and brutal husbands and fathers. Slight progress was made after the Revolution of 1912, but a corrupt government and political turmoil prevented any real progress for women. The 1949 Liberation of China by Mao Tse Tung and the Communist Party in 1949 promised women full equality with men. Mao instituted educational, occupational, and family reforms to strike at the heart of gender discrimination and accorded women unprecedented human rights. Although great strides have been made in women's rights, the recent introduction of capitalism into China has created a formidable obstacle to women's progress.
