tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2889546505060895080.post6326362282424112910..comments2023-09-18T02:25:53.458-07:00Comments on Gender and the sea: Soviet women commanding shipsDr Jo Stanley, FRHistS.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16615448959846276053noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2889546505060895080.post-2752838095474183012014-07-06T12:49:25.027-07:002014-07-06T12:49:25.027-07:00Indeed, when I visited Novorossiysk in about 1978,...Indeed, when I visited Novorossiysk in about 1978, not only did local dock officials think me an unusual feature as a woman deck officer, when we were taken on a guided tour of the town, we were taken to the local maritime training college and I specifically asked about women in the USSR merchant navy, thinking that some women who had sailed in the wartime might now be professors there.<br />Interestingly, the people at the college said that they were not aware of any women in the soviet merchant navy at that time and thought that all the well publicised ones of earlier decades had retired and the gendered segregation of occupations had become more like that in the West, as the old revolutionary ideals had faded somewhat. <br />Interesting to see how many there were in the mid-20th century. I know that the former soviet countries do now have women in the officer roles as there are numerous images online of them training in colleges.<br />nina bakerNina Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07359719413671076788noreply@blogger.com