Militia Women Inscription On A Photograph Poem by Mao Zedong

Militia Women Inscription On A Photograph

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How bright and brave they look, shouldering five-foot rifles
On the parade ground lit up by the first gleams of day.
China's daughters have high-aspiring minds,
They love their battle array, not silks and satins.

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Susan Williams 20 March 2018

a pleasant war-loving society then? women betrayed into behaving like men? interesting point of view

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Anna Lin 20 March 2018

Not so now, but decades ago, women were encouraged to behave like men and have to do manual labor also, according to my parents and grandma... The translation is very crude...

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