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Clara Zetkin
(1857 - 1933)
German theorist and activist
German theorist and activist
German Marxist theorist, women's rights activist, and leader in the international socialist movement.
Clara Zetkin (1857–1933) was a German Marxist theorist and one of the foremost leaders of the socialist women's movement.
She organized the first International Women's Day in 1911, advocating for women's suffrage and labor rights.
Zetkin served in the Reichstag representing the Social Democratic and later Communist Party.
Her writings on gender and class influenced 20th-century feminist thought and socialist politics.
Zetkin's commitment to social justice made her an enduring figure in European political history.
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Clara Zetkin