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The Emancipation of Women is a seminal collection of writings and speeches by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, exploring the intersection of socialism, gender equality, and women's liberation within the Marxist framework. Drawing from decades of revolutionary activism and theoretical development, this volume compiles Lenin's most significant contributions to the struggle for women's rights in early 20th-century Russia and beyond. Lenin viewed the emancipation of women not as a separate issue, but as an essential component of the broader class struggle. He argued that true freedom for women could only be achieved through the overthrow of capitalist exploitation and the establishment of a socialist society. In these writings, he discusses the harsh realities faced by working-class women-double exploitation at home and in the workplace-and insists that their liberation requires both legal equality and structural transformation, including public childcare, equal pay, and women's participation in governance and industry. Central to the book are Lenin's engagements with revolutionary women activists and his insistence that the Bolshevik Party prioritize women's issues as a matter of political urgency. He was deeply involved in efforts to organize women workers and integrate them into the socialist movement, believing that socialism without women's full participation was incomplete and ineffective. This collection includes reflections on the role of women in revolution, critiques of bourgeois feminism, and policy outlines implemented in post-revolutionary Russia to address gender inequality. It serves both as a historical document of Soviet gender policy and as a theoretical foundation for Marxist-feminist thought. The Emancipation of Women remains a vital text for scholars, activists, and readers interested in socialist theory, gender studies, and the history of revolutionary movements. It highlights Lenin's enduring belief that women's liberation is inseparable from the liberation of all humanity through the socialist transformation of society.