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Clara Zetkin (/ ˈ z ɛ t k ɪ n /; German: [ˈtsɛtkiːn]; née Eißner; 5 July 1857 – 20 June 1933) was a German Marxist theorist, communist activist, and advocate for women's rights. [1] Until 1917, she was active in the Social Democratic Party of Germany . [2]
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Apr 17, 2024 · Clara Zetkin (born July 5, 1857, Wiederau, Saxony [Germany]—died June 20, 1933, Arkhangelskoye, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a German feminist, Socialist, and Communist leader, who after World War I played a leading role in the new Communist Party of Germany (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands; KPD) and the Comintern (Third International).
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Mar 8, 2012 · Thu 8 Mar 2012 10.59 EST. A photograph of Clara Zetkin, which appeared in the Manchester Guardian in August 1932. Photograph: guardian.co.uk. The 8th of March marks International Women's Day, a ...
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Clara Zetkin was a distinguished member of Socialist and Communist organizations in Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Throughout her political career, she focused on the liberation of women in society through Marxist reforms of the capitalist system. For many years she promoted her radical thought as the editor of Die Gleichheit, the ...
Clara Zetkin (née Eissner) was born in July 1857 in Wiederau, Saxony, Her father was a schoolmaster and her mother was born to a well-educated middle-class family from Leipzig. Zetkin studied to be a teacher at the Leipzig Teacher’s College for Women. Perhaps influenced by her upbringing and social class, it was during her time there that ...
Clara Zetkin was born Clara Eissner on July 15, 1857 in a little Saxon village in Germany. 5 She received a thorough education growing up, and was influenced by both her mother Josephine Eissner, an early feminist advocate, and by her teacher Auguste Schmidt, on the topic of women’s rights. 6 While furthering her education in Leipzig, Zetkin encountered a group of exiled Russians that ...
Jan 24, 2023 · Based mainly on Clara Zetkin’s writings, letters, and speeches, on the biography of Gilbert Badia and my own books on Zetkin, this chapter will first describe Clara Zetkin’s personal and political evolution: her childhood and youth in an educated middle-class family, her exile in Paris with her Russian partner, her activities in the Social ...
