Networks of Revolutionary Workers: Socialist Red Women in Finland in 1918

Abstract

Revolutions need people. How do these people connect with each other, and how can the revolutionary message pass from one person to another? This article aims to answer these questions by examining the revolutionaries who participated in the Finnish Civil War on the rebellious Red side in 1918. We have chosen Red women from a particular district in Finland in order to analyse their connections and the networks created by membership of the labour movement, place of residence, and kinship. In order to see the layers of those connections, we utilize historical social network analysis rooted in digital history. This allows us to observe the significance and impact of regional, social networks and improves our understanding of structural factors affecting the intra-group dynamics among these revolutionary women. Our results support the claim that historical network analysis is a suitable tool for exploring interaction patterns and social structures in the past, and to gain new insights into historical phenomena.

Lydia Virtanen Karkkilan profeettana ja keisarina

“…Yleensä nuoria naisia työnsi kaartiin aiempi aktiivisuus työväenliikkeessä ja sosiaalinen paine. 23 Saatuaan lyhyen koulutuksen sanitääriksi Lydia kulki joukon mukana rintamalla sitomassa haavoja. Kuulusteluissa sodan jälkeen hän kiisti jyrkästi pukeutuneensa miehen pukuun tai ottaneensa aseen, mutta pahoja paikkoja tuli nähtyä läheltä Hämeenlinnan ja Lahden välisellä tiellä, jolla punaiset ottivat huhtikuun lopulla ankarasti yhteen saksalaisten kanssa ja murtautuivat vielä kerran läpi.…”

Research on the Logic and Path of Red Culture in the Information Age for Promoting the Casting of Chinese National Community Consciousness ---- Taking Guangxi as an Example

“…The study of history and morality, the study of history and behavior, the inheritance of red genes, continue the red bloodline." The fundamental reason why the red culture does not fade away due to the change of time is that it always shows the original mission of the Communist Party of China, marked with a distinctive national background, has a close connection with the construction of the Chinese national community, and plays an important role in promoting the sense of community of the Chinese nation [3][4].…”