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These interests of the workers, as the exploited and oppressed, class of society, are the same in all countries.

~Clara Zetkin

Topics: Class Countries Exploited Interests Oppressed Same Society Workers

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When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf of our ideals.

~Clara Zetkin

Topics: Behalf Duty Ideals Men Our Raise Silent Voices

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Bourgeois society is not fundamentally opposed to the bourgeois women's movement, which is proven by the fact that in various states reforms of private and public laws concerning women have been initiated.

~Clara Zetkin

Topics: Been Bourgeois Concerning Fact Fundamentally Initiated Laws Movement Opposed Private Proven Public Reforms Society States Various Which Women

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The capitalists speculate on the two following factors: the female worker must be paid as poorly as possible and the competition of female labour must be employed to lower the wages of male workers as much as possible.

~Clara Zetkin

Topics: Capitalists Competition Employed Factors Female Following Labour Lower Male Much Must Paid Poorly Possible Speculate Two Wages Worker Workers

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The machines, the modern mode of production, slowly undermined domestic production and not just for thousands but for millions of women the question arose: Where do we now find our livelihood?

~Clara Zetkin

Topics: Domestic Find Just Livelihood Machines Millions Mode Modern Now Our Production Question Slowly Thousands Undermined Where Women

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We would, however, perform an injustice to the bourgeois women's rights movement if we would regard it as solely motivated by economics. No, this movement also contains a more profound spiritual and moral aspect.

~Clara Zetkin

Topics: Also Aspect Bourgeois Contains Economics However Injustice Moral More Motivated Movement Perform Profound Regard Rights Rights Movement Solely Spiritual Women Would

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What practical conclusions may we now draw for our propaganda work among women? The task of this Party Congress must not be to issue detailed practical suggestions, but to draw up general directions for the proletarian women's movement.

~Clara Zetkin

Topics: Among Conclusions Congress Detailed Directions Draw General Issue May Movement Must Now Our Party Practical Proletarian Propaganda Suggestions Task Up Women Work

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Women's propaganda must touch upon all those questions which are of great importance to the general proletarian movement. The main task is, indeed, to awaken the women's class consciousness and to incorporate them into the class struggle.

~Clara Zetkin

Topics: Awaken Class Consciousness General Great Importance Incorporate Indeed Main Movement Must Proletarian Propaganda Questions Struggle Task Them Those Touch Which Women

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When we demand Woman Suffrage, we can only do so on the ground, not that it should be a right attached to the possession of a certain amount of property, but that it should be inherent in the woman herself.

~Clara Zetkin

Topics: Amount Attached Certain Demand Ground Herself Inherent Only Possession Property Right Should Suffrage Woman

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In the women's world, as well as in the men's world, there exists the class law and the class struggle, and it appears as fully established that sometimes between the socialist working women and those belonging to the middle class, there may be antagonisms.

~Clara Zetkin

Topics: Antagonism Appears Belonging Between Class Established Exists Fully Law May Men Middle Middle Class Socialist Sometimes Struggle Those Well Women Working World

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Politician

Born: July 5th, 1857

Died: June 20th, 1933

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