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The position of women "Women hold up half the sky"- Mao Zedong "Women hold up half the sky"- Mao Zedong Cultural revolution By Carola Rutigliani Slide 2 Vocab: Red Women's Army One child policy (later-longer-fewer) Land reform Act Marriage law Jiang Qing Yin Yang Historians: Jung Chang/Jon Halliday- The Unknown Story Frank Dikotter- Mao's Great Famine Lau Siew Mei Playing Madame Mao Essential question: How did Mao change the status of Women in China? Slide 3