Clara Zetkin

Clara Zetkin
Clara Zetkin
	Zetkin c. 1920
Elder President of the Reichstag
	In office; 30 August 1932 – 6 December 1932
Preceded by	Carl Herold
Succeeded by	Karl Litzmann
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
Party	SPD (1875–1917); USPD (1917–1918); KPD (1918–1933)
Other political; affiliations	Spartacus League (1914–1918)
Spouse	Georg Friedrich Zundel (m. 1899; div. 1928)
Domestic partner	Ossip Zetkin (died 1889)
Children	Maxim; Konstantin;
Occupation	Politician; Peace Activist; Women's Rights Activist;
Signature
	Central institution membership 1920–1924: Full member,; KPD Politburo ; 1927–1929: Full member,; KPD Central Committee ; 1919–1924: Full member,; KPD Zentrale ; Other offices held 1925–1933: Chairwoman,; Rote Hilfe Deutschlands ;

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.

Until 1917, she was active in the Social Democratic Party of Germany. 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.