Clara Zetkin
Clara Zetkin | |
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Zetkin c. 1920 | |
| Chairwoman of the International Red Aid | |
| In office 1925–1927 | |
| Preceded by | Julian Marchlewski |
| Succeeded by | Elena Stasova |
| Chairwoman of the Rote Hilfe Deutschlands | |
| In office 1925–1933 | |
| Preceded by | Wilhelm Pieck |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the Reichstag for Chemnitz–Zwickau | |
| In office 24 June 1920 – 28 February 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Clara Josephine Eißner 5 July 1857 Wiederau, Kingdom of Saxony, German Confederation |
| Died | 20 June 1933 (aged 75) Arkhangelskoye, near Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow |
| Political party | SPD (1875–1917) USPD (1917–1918) KPD (1918–1933) |
| Other political affiliations | Spartacus League (1914–1918) |
| Domestic partner(s) | Ossip Zetkin (1850–1889) Georg Friedrich Zundel (1899–1928) |
| Children | Maxim Zetkin (1883–1965) Konstantin "Kostja" Zetkin (1885–1980) |
| Occupation | Politician, peace activist and women's rights activist |
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Clara Zetkin (/ˈzɛtkɪn/; German: [ˈtsɛtkiːn]; née Eißner [ˈaɪsnɐ]; 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] She then joined the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) and its far-left wing, the Spartacist League, which later became the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). She represented that party in the Reichstag during the Weimar Republic from 1920 to 1933.[3]
- ^ "Zetkin, Clara * 5.7.1857, † 20.6.1933: Biographische Angaben aus dem Handbuch der Deutschen Kommunisten". Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ Clara Zetkin | bpb
- ^ Gilbert Badia, Clara Zetkin: Féministe Sans Frontières (Paris: Les Éditions Ouvrières 1993).