Clara Zetkin
Politician
1857 – 1933
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Who was Clara Zetkin?
Clara Zetkin was a German Marxist theorist, activist, and advocate for women's rights. In 1911, she organized the first International Women's Day.
Until 1917, she was active in the Social Democratic Party of Germany, then she joined the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany and its far-left wing, the Spartacist League; this later became the Communist Party of Germany, which she represented in the Reichstag during the Weimar Republic from 1920 to 1933.
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- Born
- Jul 5, 1857
Königshain-Wiederau - Also known as
- Klara Zetkin
- Parents
- Children
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Lived in
- Saxony
- Died
- Jun 20, 1933
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on July 23, 2013
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