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Book SynopsisClara Zetkin (1857-1933) was a German Marxist theorist who tirelessly advocated for women's rights. In her writings, Clara Zetkin describes the political process that ultimately allowed for socialised reproduction' - namely the establishment by the Soviet Revolutionary government of communal kitchens, laundries and child care facilities. This updated edition brings Zetkin's writings to the masses, edited by Marxist historian Philip S. Foner and with a foreword by renowned writer and activist Angela Davis.'
Trade Review"Clara Zetkin's arguments in support of women workers contain a logic which can be effectively employed today in defense of strong affirmative action programs, not only for women but for the racially and nationally oppressed as well … [her] analysis of the relationship between the woman suffrage campaign and the struggle of working women … is significant not only because of its important historical value, but all .. with respect to the class nature of such contemporary women's struggles as the campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment in the United States." —From the Foreword to the 1984 edition by Angela Y. Davis "In January, 1915, the British journal Labour Woman wrote of Clara Zetkin: 'She is Socialist in her very fibre, and she is a fighter ready to face death rather than give way in any issue of import in the people's struggle.' [Zetkin] displayed these qualities in leading the largest women's socialist movement in Europe, in editing the most important woman's journal in Europe for over twenty-five years, in organizing working women into trade unions, in battling for women's suffrage and equal rights … in the battle against revisionism, and in her militant opposition to militarism, imperialism and the first World War…[She] was able to exert a powerful influence in the formation of socialist and communist policy on the woman question, and on the policy of a number of trade unions toward women workers…Clara Zetkin's writings and speeches are still too little known in the United States. With the publication of the present volume, there will finally be available a representative selection of the thoughts of the leading woman of European socialism." —From the introduction by Philip Foner
"Clara Zetkin's arguments in support of women workers contain a logic which can be effectively employed today in defense of strong affirmative action programs, not only for women but for the racially and nationally oppressed as well
[her] analysis of the relationship between the woman suffrage campaign and the struggle of working women
is significant not only because of its important historical value, but all .. with respect to the class nature of such contemporary women's struggles as the campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment in the United States." From the Foreword to the 1984 edition by Angela Y. Davis "In January, 1915, the British journal Labour Woman wrote of Clara Zetkin: 'She is Socialist in her very fibre, and she is a fighter ready to face death rather than give way in any issue of import in the people's struggle.' [Zetkin] displayed these qualities in leading the largest women's socialist movement in Europe, in editing the most important woman's journal in Europe for over twenty-five years, in organizing working women into trade unions, in battling for women's suffrage and equal rights
in the battle against revisionism, and in her militant opposition to militarism, imperialism and the first World War
[She] was able to exert a powerful influence in the formation of socialist and communist policy on the woman question, and on the policy of a number of trade unions toward women workers
Clara Zetkin's writings and speeches are still too little known in the United States. With the publication of the present volume, there will finally be available a representative selection of the thoughts of the leading woman of European socialism." From the introduction by Philip Foner
Table of ContentsForeword by Angela Y. Davis Introduction by Philip S. Foner 1889 For the Liberation of Women 1893 Women's Work and the Trade Unions 1895 The Women's Rights Petition and a Reply 1896 Only with the Proletarian Woman 1902 Protect Our Children 1903 What the Women Owe to Karl Marx 1907 Women's Right to Vote 1910 International Women's Day 1914 Proletarian Women Be Prepared 1914 To the Socialist Women of All Countries 1914 Letter to Heleen Ankersmit 1915 Women of the Working People 1917 To the Socialist Women of All Countries 1917 The Battle for Power and Peace in Russia 1919 Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg 1919 Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht 1926 In the Muslim Women's Club 1932 Save the Scottsboro Black Youths 1932 Fascism Must Be Defeated 1933 The Toilers Against War
