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.
Until 1917, she was active in the Social Democratic Party of Germany. 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.