Holding Up Half the Sky: Chinese Women, Past, Present, and Future

These 21 dynamic articles by Chinese women scholars explore the limitations on women´s lives in premodern China, detail their involvement in the great political movements of the 20th century and examine how new laws have improved women´s status, yet have left them open to exploitation as China enters the global economy. With statistics and reports otherwise unavailable, they give a refreshing outlook on China´s women that is breathtaking both for the problems it confronts and for the spirit of struggle it embodies.