@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt7zw9pd.8, ISBN = {9780822942818}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7zw9pd.8}, abstract = {The ultimately irresolvable conflicts over how to revise Czechoslovak citizenship laws and the civil code showed that for many Czechs “equality” was a rather problematic concept when applied to women. Although they were formally recognized as citizens like any other, women could never simply partake of equality like other individuals in a democracy; they were always women first. As feminists discovered when they attacked inequalities in civil law, democratic ideology was not very effective in helping women to escape the remaining legal limitations of womanhood. Women might have an equal say in the voting booth, but inside their homes they}, bookauthor = {Melissa Feinberg}, booktitle = {Elusive Equality: Gender, Citizenship, and the Limits of Democracy in Czechoslovokia, 1918-1950}, pages = {99--128}, publisher = {University of Pittsburgh Press}, title = {WOMEN IN THE CIVIL SERVICE}, year = {2006} }