In response to a listener request from the Chicago Teachers' Union, Kristen Ghodsee reads Louise Bryant's chapter on Alexandra Kollontai from Bryant's 1923 book: Mirrors of Moscow. Bryant was a feminist and a journalist who traveled to Russia in 1917 to report on the revolution with her husband, John Reed. This chapter is based on Bryant's personal conversations with Kollontai, and although her biography of Kollontai contains some errors, it is an interesting first hand account from another American woman who met Kollontai in Russia in the years following the October Revolution.

Also mentioned in this episode are:

Kristen Ghodsee on the podcast with Le Monde Diplomatique (English): Podcast with George Miller: The forgotten chapter of the women’s movement, July 14, 2021

The Review of Taking Stock of Shock in The American Conservative

Portuguese translation: Por que as mulheres tem melhor sexo sob o socialismo e outros argumentos a favor da independência econômica

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