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Some father has driven
His daughter, disheveled,
Into the street,
Without cause or mercy.

The snow cuts her face,
The wind's breath is icy,
But the heart of the father
Is colder than these.

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is the father to blame
For mistreating his daughter?
He was taught by the priest
That woman is sin.

Now the Soviet teaches
A new vision of women,
As comrades of men,
Old woes are forgotten.

The lot of Russian peasant women under the old regime was not all so happy as depicted in the foregoing chapter. Their social position was distinctly inferior to men and they were often treated as drudges and menials.