All interviewed by Mamonova, 17 Russian women discuss changes in to their roles and expectations as women in view of the CIS as it relates to glasnost. The book also includes elaborations of speeches delivered on Mamonova's American tours and poetry in her own hand.

The founder of the Russian women's movement, Tatyana Mamonova was the first Russian woman exiled from the Soviet Union for publishing the underground "Samizdat," "Woman and Russia". Now lauded as the Simone de Beauvoir of Russia, Mamonova has interviewed 17 Russian women on the subject of the CIS as it related to glasnost. Women from all walks of life are asked about changes with respect to their roles and expectations as women. Artists, professionals, dissidents, lesbians, doctors, writers, and civil servants tell their stories in candid terms showing that there is still a long road ahead. Revisions and elaborations of speeches delivered on Mamonova's American tours, poetry in her own hand, and line drawings complement her essays and the women's interviews.

Russian Women Speak Out: Anna Kozoulina, et al
Mamonova on Women and Glasnost: Revisioning our Women's History
a Feminist Hope in the (ex) USSR
a Little Faith
Soviet Porn-Talk Gets Louder
Domostroika
Recommended Reading.