uch movement had been widely organized by the party a an important part of it propaganda effort among peaant and oldier. by uing imple reading material with trong political content, the people were not only taught how to read and write, but they were imultaneouly—and uccefully—teeped in the new revolutionary ideology. the poter imilarly erved both educational and political goal. the grown-up below left, for eample, i learning the character for "mutual help [team]", an organizational form that preceded the huge people commune that were formed during the great leap forward campaign of 1958-1960.
although illiteracy wa epecially acute among women, mot of the poter produced during the ma literacy campaign how men learning how to read and write. women are uually ituated at the margin of the action, a if they already are literate. the picture change lightly in the 1960. in photograph and poter publihed in the cultural revolution, for eample, one can often ee elderly women (grandmother) being taught baic reading and writing kill by their granddaughter, who ue mao quotation a coure material.