This investigation will cover women's participation in the Long March, the 1949 Constitution of the People's Republic of China, Mao's footbinding policies , the Marriage Act 1950 and women's policy. increased participation in society. I will analyze journal articles and books by Western and Asian authors to evaluate various historians' views on communist policies towards women and the effects they had on the communists' rise to power. Kellee Tsai's Women and the state in post-1949 rural China and John King Fairbank's "The Great Chinese Revolution: 1800-1985" are two of the main sources and will be evaluated.Part B: Summary of evidenceWomen's participation at the Long March Mao's uprising in Hunan, known as the Long March, allowed women to participate in the movement as equal and important comrades (some women even abandoned their own newborns to continue marching), inspiring them to participate in the revolution (Lewis 59). Paying attention to women's issues and protecting their rights were important goals of the communists to ensure that women would remain enthusiastic about participating in the revolution (Hodes 225). Additionally, establishing and enforcing laws to protect and liberate women would lead and encourage them to participate in the revolutionary war, which in turn would hasten the victory of the revolution for the communists (Hodes 225). 1949 Constitution of the People's Republic of China Under the People's Republic of China According to the 1949 Chinese Constitution, women were legally full citizens of China and shared the same rights as men (Datta 50). The All-China Women's Federation was responsible for strengthening policies to improve the condition of women in China (Korabik 1). In this women's federation, women's equality was implemented in the middle of paper ......t Directive No. 6 of the Council of People's Commissars. Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings 1912-1949, vol. 4 (Armonk, New York: ME Sharpe, 1997). Questia. Internet. January 2, 2012. Korabik, Karen. “Women Managers in the People's Republic of China,” International Management and Organization Studies 23.4 (1993). Questia. Internet. December 6, 2011. Lewis, Peter. "Abandoned babies and boiled sandal soup - the poignant true story of the Long March; BOOK OF THE WEEK." Daily Mail [London, England] March 19, 2010: 59. Gale biography in context. Internet. December 7, 2011. MacFarquhar, Roderick and Michael Schoenhals. Mao's last revolution. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006. Print. Tsai, Kellee S. “Women and the State in Post-1949 Rural China.” Journal of International Affairs 49.2 (Winter 1996): 493. Center for History Studies. Internet. December 7. 2011.