Situation of women in the high politics at the end of the 1960s and their attitudes towards the Soviet occupation of the ČSSR

The construed thesis consists of two parts. The first part contains an introduction to the history of the women's political participation in Czechoslovakia from the from the beginning of the Czechoslovak republic to the end of the 1960's and a chapter following on relation of communism and woman question in theory (communist ideology) and in the everyday practice. The centre of the thesis lies in its second part which deals with the situation and position of women in the public and political offices at the end of the 1960's. It is focusing principally on women in the high political offices in 1968: on the politicians working at the National Assembly, Central Commitee of the Communist Party of the Czechoslovakia and in the government. The main direction of the thesis is the attitudes of women to the august occupation of the Czechoslovakia 1968 by the troops of the Warsaw Treaty and their activity in those days. It follows also their previous careers and political activism and the implications of their august activity for their further careers and political path. The construed thesis tries to fill the gap in the scientific research and literature addressing this historical period by extension of the view with the roles of women in the high politics in this key period of our history. The theme of the thesis is..