Clara Zetkin
Clara Zetkin Clara Zetkin (ca. 1920) Born Clara Josephine Eißner 5 July 1857 Wiederau, Saxony Died 20 June 1933 Arkhangelskoye, near Moscow Nationality German Occupation Politician Peace activist Women's rights activist Political party SPD (till 1917) USPD (1917–1922) (Spartacus wing) KPD (1920–1933) Partner(s) Ossip Zetkin (1850–1889) Children Maxim Zetkin (1883–1965) Konstantin "Kostja" Zetkin (1885–1980) Parents Gottfried Eißner Josephine Vitale/Eißner Clara Zetkin (née Eissner; 5 July 1857 – 20 June 1933) was a German Marxist theorist, activist, and advocate for women's rights. In 1911, she organized the first International Women's Day. Until 1917, she was active in the Social Democratic Party of Germany, then she joined the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) and its far-left wing, the Spartacist League; this later became the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), which she represented in the Reichstag during the Weimar Republic from 1920 to 1933.