It wasn't just hard manual work. IIRC, for decades the majority of doctors were women.
They still are! According to the WHO [0], in 2020 just under 71% of doctors in Russia were women.
[0] https://gateway.euro.who.int/en/indicators/hlthres_137-of-ph...
They still are! According to the WHO [0], in 2020 just under 71% of doctors in Russia were women.
[0] https://gateway.euro.who.int/en/indicators/hlthres_137-of-ph...