V. I. Lenin

March 8, 1919

Comrade Lenin began his speech by quoting the closing passage of the women students’ letter and said that they should keep their
word and create a strong army of the home front. {1} It was only with the help of the woman, her thoughtfulness
and social awareness, that the new society could be consolidated. It was
the lack of this social awareness among the mass of the women, he said,
that had acted as a brake in previous revolutions.

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Notes:
{1}
The women attending the courses wrote a letter to Lenin asking him to
address their meeting. They concluded their letter with a pledge to take
the places of their husbands, brothers and sons who had joined the Red
Army.