Clara Zetkin
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.
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Clara Zetkin (c. 1920) | |
| Born | Clara Josephine Eißner 5 July 1857 |
| Died | 20 June 1933 (aged 75) Arkhangelskoye, near Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow |
| Other names | Klara Zetkin |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, peace activist and women's rights activist |
| Political party | SPD (until 1917) USPD (1917–1922; Spartacus wing) KPD (1920–1933) |
| Partner(s) | Ossip Zetkin (1850–1889) Georg Friedrich Zundel (1899–1928) |
| Children | Maxim Zetkin (1883–1965) Konstantin "Kostja" Zetkin (1885–1980) |
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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.
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