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Clara Zetkin

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Clara Zetkin was a German socialist and feminist activist. Born on July 5, 1857, she passed away on June 20, 1933. Zetkin played a significant role in German social and political life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, dedicating herself to the advancement of women's rights and socialist causes.

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“When a proletarian then exclaims: “My wife!” he will add mentally, “Comrade of my ideals, companion of my battles, mother of my children for future battles.”

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Book:Only in Conjunction With the Proletarian Woman Will Socialism Be Victorious

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“The most disastrous phenomenon of the current situation is the factor that imperialism is employing for its own ends all the powers of the proletariat, all of its institutions and weapons, which its fighting vanguard has created for its war of liberation.”

War Ends Fighting Situation Weapons Institutions Currents Factors Liberation Phenomenon Imperialism Proletariat Employing Current Situation Vanguard

Author:Clara Zetkin

“. .women are house as well as factory slaves and are forced to bear a double workload.”

Wells House Bears Slave Factories Dishes Workload

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“The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist society.”

Men Hands Fighting Class Capitalist Hand In Hand

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“What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women.”

Made Women Greater Attractive Labour Capitalist

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“In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the start because of the attitude of those women workers who are not organized.”

Important Individual Hours Pay Attitude Roles Movement Industry Female Workers Organized Etc Labour Doomed Wages Advocating

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“Women's propaganda must touch upon all those questions which are of great importance to the general proletarian movement. The main task is, indeed, to awaken the women's class consciousness and to incorporate them into the class struggle.”

Consciousness Class Struggle Movement Tasks Importance Awakening Propaganda Class Struggle Class Consciousness

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“Social Democratic and trade union organs have approved of the illegal invasion of Belgium, of the massacre of suspected guerrillas, as well as their wives and children, as well as the destruction of their homes in various towns and districts.”

Wells Children Home Social Wife Destruction Towns Trade Unions Democratic Various Illegal Organs Invasion Approved Belgium Massacres Trade Unions Guerrillas

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“For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the chains labour is burdened with by capitalism, but they are not sufficient to crush capitalism and to emancipate the workers from their tyranny.”

Situation Class Capitalism Weight Workers Tyranny Chains Reform Sufficient Crush Labour Working Class

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“What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women. The capitalists speculate on the two following factors: the female worker must be paid as poorly as possible and the competition of female labour must be employed to lower the wages of male workers as much as possible. In the same manner the capitalists use child labour to depress women's wages and the work of machines to depress all human labour.”

Humans Children Made Two Use Greater Female Machines Paid Competition Workers Males Following Factors Attractive Labour Capitalist Depressing Wages Employed Child Labour

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“The socialist parties of all countries are duty bound to fight energetically for the implementation of universal women's suffrage which is to be vigorously advocated both by agitation and by parliamentary means. When a battle for suffrage is conducted, it should only be conducted according to socialist principles, and therefore with the demand of universal suffrage for women and men.”

“Given the fact that many thousands of female workers are active in history, it is vital for the trade unions to incorporate them into their movement.”

Facts Given Movement Female Trade Unions Workers Active Trade Unions

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“The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything that is dear to them.”

War Loses Gains Workers Dear Dear God

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“When the men kill, it is up to us women to fight for the preservation of life.”

Men Life Fighting He Man Preservation Preservation Of Life

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“When a battle for suffrage is conducted, it should only be conducted according to socialist principles, and therefore with the demand of universal suffrage for women and men.”

Men Should Women Principles Battle Demand Men And Women Universal Socialist Men Women Suffrage Universal Suffrage

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“What practical conclusions may we now draw for our propaganda work among women? The task of this Party Congress must not be to issue detailed practical suggestions, but to draw up general directions for the proletarian women's movement.”

May Women Party Issues Movement Draws Tasks Congress Practicals Conclusion Propaganda Suggestions

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“We would, however, perform an injustice to the bourgeois women's rights movement if we would regard it as solely motivated by economics. No, this movement also contains a more profound spiritual and moral aspect.”

Ifs Spiritual Women Moral Rights Movement Aspect Economics Regard Profound Injustice Motivated Womens Rights Bourgeois Profound Spiritual

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“The machines, the modern mode of production, slowly undermined domestic production and not just for thousands but for millions of women the question arose: Where do we now find our livelihood?”

Women Millions Modern Machines Productions Livelihood

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“Bourgeois society is not fundamentally opposed to the bourgeois women's movement, which is proven by the fact that in various states reforms of private and public laws concerning women have been initiated.”

Has Beens States Facts Law Women Movement Various Reform Proven Bourgeois

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“Each reform, therefore, improving the economical and political situation of the workers proves to be an arm that increases the energy with which the proletarian struggle of classes is fought.”

Political Energy Situation Class Struggle Arms Prove Increase Workers Reform Improving

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“The capitalists speculate on the two following factors: the female worker must be paid as poorly as possible and the competition of female labour must be employed to lower the wages of male workers as much as possible.”

Two Female Paid Competition Workers Males Following Factors Labour Capitalist Wages Employed

Author:Clara Zetkin

“When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf of our ideals.”

Men Voice He Man Duty Ideals Raises Silent Behalf

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About the Author

Born: July 5, 1857
Died: June 20, 1933
Known for: Activist
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