Study Questions for AG Wood's "The Proletarian Women Will Make the Revolution"
1) What is the scope of this chapter?
2) What is Wood's thesis/statement?
3) What were the unintended consequences of the new social pact created by President Alvaro Obregon?
4) Describe the reasons that provoked the rent boycott? Who were the early protagonists?
5) What happens to the movement over the course of 1922 to 1927?
6) Why were women important to the rent boycott?
7) Why is the combination of gender ideology with new ideas regarding citizen rights important to this story?
8) Big takeaways?
1) What is the scope of this chapter?
2) What is Wood's thesis/statement?
3) What were the unintended consequences of the new social pact created by President Alvaro Obregon?
4) Describe the reasons that provoked the rent boycott? Who were the early protagonists?
5) What happens to the movement over the course of 1922 to 1927?
6) Why were women important to the rent boycott?
7) Why is the combination of gender ideology with new ideas regarding citizen rights important to this story?
8) Big takeaways?