1955 The publication of Guizhou Democratic Women's Federation published the article "Cooperatives implement equal pay for equal work for men and women". After reading the article, Mao Zedong personally instructed: "It is recommended that all townships and cooperatives generally follow this.".

Later, Mao Zedong put forward the slogan "Women hold up half the sky", which quickly resounded throughout the country.

The significance lies in that both women and gay men can play a major role in socialist construction, which implies equality between men and women.

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During the period of China's democratic revolution and socialist construction, Mao Zedong personally wrote many articles exposing the cruelty of feudal ethics to women, and put forward famous conclusions such as "Women are great human resources" and "Women hold up half the sky", which made outstanding contributions to changing the oppressed fate of women in China.

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