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Clara Zetkin

1857 - 1933

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Clara Zetkin (; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clara Zetkin is the 360th most popular politician (up from 408th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Germany (up from 111th in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Politician.

Clara Zetkin was a German Marxist and feminist. She is most famous for her contributions to the international women's movement in the early 20th century.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Clara Zetkin ranks 360 out of 19,576. Before her are Lycurgus of Sparta, Alexander I of Russia, Zoë Porphyrogenita, Leonidas I, Edward Heath, and Zog I of Albania. After her are François Hollande, Nerva, Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, Louis II of Hungary, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Aemilianus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Clara Zetkin ranks 4. Before her are Pope Pius XI, Heinrich Hertz, and Ferdinand de Saussure. After her are Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Edward Elgar, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Joseph Conrad, Henrik Pontoppidan, Ruggero Leoncavallo, and Alfonso XII of Spain. Among people deceased in 1933, Clara Zetkin ranks 1. After her are Faisal I of Iraq, Calvin Coolidge, Li Ching-Yuen, Constantine P. Cavafy, Adolf Loos, John Galsworthy, 13th Dalai Lama, Mohammed Nadir Shah, Paul Ehrenfest, Jimmie Rodgers, and Sándor Ferenczi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Clara Zetkin ranks 85 out of 7,253. Before her are Helmut Kohl (1930), Emil Fischer (1852), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805), Martin Bormann (1900), and Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050). After her are Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955), Wilhelm Wundt (1832), Erich von Manstein (1887), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Bruce Willis (1955), and Clara Schumann (1819).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Clara Zetkin ranks 21. Before her are Konrad Adenauer (1876), Reinhard Heydrich (1904), Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), Helmut Kohl (1930), Martin Bormann (1900), and Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050). After her are Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Charles the Bald (823), Klemens von Metternich (1773), Rudolf Höss (1901), and Peter III of Russia (1728).

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