Born: 5 July 1857 · Died: 20 June 1933 · Age at death: 75
How old was Clara Zetkin when she died?
Clara Zetkin died aged 75. She was born on 5 July 1857 and died on 20 June 1933.
German socialist politician and women's rights campaigner who proposed the first International Women's Day in 1910
Did you know?She is credited with proposing the idea for an annual International Women's Day at a conference in 1910.
Quick facts
Date of birth5 July 1857
Date of death20 June 1933
Age at death75
NationalityGerman
BirthplaceKönigshain-Wiederau, Germany
Occupationpolitician, journalist, women's rights activist
Editor's Take:
Clara Zetkin was a leading socialist and a pioneer of women's rights. She trained as a teacher in Leipzig and joined the socialist movement young. Under Bismarck's anti-socialist laws she lived in exile in Paris and Zurich. For years she edited the women's newspaper Die Gleichheit. In 1910 she proposed an International Women's Day. She opposed the First World War and later joined the Communist Party. She sat in the German parliament for the communists. In 1932, at 75, she opened parliament as its oldest member and denounced the Nazis.
Clara Zetkin (German:; née Eißner; 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.
