Clara Zetkin

Clara Zetkin
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 (1917–1919) KPD (1919–1933)
Other political affiliations	Spartacus League (1914–1919)
Domestic partner(s)	Ossip Zetkin [de] (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.^[1]

Until 1917, she was active in the Social Democratic Party of Germany.^[2] 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.^[3]