Soviet women : walking the tightrope / Francine du Plessix Gray.

Cont.: All manner of Glasnost -- Sex and birth -- The women's century -- Growing up powerful -- Marriage, mother, and divorce -- Portraits -- Masters and Johnson in Leningrad -- Maya -- Elvira and her foremothers -- Portraits, cont. -- Life and literature: formidable women -- In central Asia -- Women at the edge -- Why they dress up -- Some artists -- Family and work; turning the clock back; Perestroika -- Going home.