JOURNAL OF HEBEI UNIVERSITY (Philosophy and Social Science) ›› 2019, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (4): 124-130.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-6378.2019.04.019

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Implementation and Influence of the New Marriage Law of 1950 in Tianjin

DENG Hong, WANG Li-juan   

  1. Marxism Institute, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
  • Received:2019-05-16 Online:2019-07-25 Published:2019-07-25

Abstract: It is a fine tradition of the Communist Party of China to emphasize womens rights, gender equality, and womens liberation. Since the founding of the Peoples Republic of China, womens movements developed from the class emancipation into social liberation. Being enacted at the beginning of new China, The Marriage Law of the Peoples Republic of China was a significant action for womens emancipation; and it brought a great influence on womens marriage and family. Tianjin is a city where the new Marriage Law was enacted relatively earlier in China. In particular, the movement for enacting the Law impacted on womens marriage in Tianjin. Based on the documents of Tianjin Municipal Archives and Tianjin Daily, this study examines the influence of the Law in Tianjin. The New Marriage Law contributed to gender equality, the freedom of marriage, and the establishment of new values of marriage and family; it also promoted the reform of the institution of marriage and the development of new socialist society and new women. At that time, womens emancipation reached a new height. It could be a significant reference for the perfection of The Marriage Law today and the solution of womens issues.

Key words: Tianjin

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