“铁姑娘”是建国后出现的一种对特定女性群体的特殊称谓。在根治海河大型群众性治水运动中,国家明确规定由青壮年男性出工,但多地出现了“铁姑娘”上海河,有的甚至持续多年。这种明显不合规定的现象之所以得到肯定并大力颂扬,与当时的时代背景与政治制度密切相关。海河工地的“铁姑娘”虽为水利建设做出了一定贡献,但其宣传意义远胜于实际劳动效果。 “Iron girl ” is a kind of special appellation appearing for a specific female group after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. In eradicating the massive mass water-control campaigns in the Haihe River, the state clearly stipulates that young men and women go out to work, but many “Iron Maiden” Shanghai Rivers have emerged. Some even lasted for many years. The reason why this obviously irregular phenomenon was affirmed and greatly extolled was closely related to the background of the times and the political system. Although the “iron girl” of the Haihe site made a certain contribution to water conservancy construction, its propaganda meaning far surpassed the actual labor effect.