"The capitalists speculate on the two following factors:……" — Clara Zetkin
"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."
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Clara Zetkin
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23 Quotes by Clara Zetkin
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For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the chains labour is burdened with…
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What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness…
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The socialist parties of all countries are duty bound to fight energetically for the implementation of universal women's suffrage which…
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Given the fact that many thousands of female workers are active in history, it is vital for the trade unions…
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The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything that is dear to them.
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When the men kill, it is up to us women to fight for the preservation of life.
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When a battle for suffrage is conducted, it should only be conducted according to socialist principles, and therefore with the…
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What practical conclusions may we now draw for our propaganda work among women? The task of this Party Congress must…
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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…
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The machines, the modern mode of production, slowly undermined domestic production and not just for thousands but for millions of…
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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…
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Each reform, therefore, improving the economical and political situation of the workers proves to be an arm that increases the…
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