Project Gutenberg 2018-07-10 Public domain in the USA. 136 Zetkin, Klara 1857 1933 Zetkin, Clara Blaize, A. (Ange) 1811 1871 Blaize, Ange Bonhomme, Jacques Social-Democracy and Woman Suffrage A Paper Read by Clara Zetkin to the Conference of Women Belonging to the Social-Democratic Party Held at Mannheim, Before the Opening of the Annual Congress of the German Social-Democracy E-text prepared by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images digitized by the Google Books Library Project (https://books.google.com) and generously made available by HathiTrust Digital Library (https://www.hathitrust.org/) "Social-Democracy and Woman Suffrage" by Klara Zetkin is a political paper presented during the early 20th century. This book acts as a significant discourse on the intersection of socialism and women's rights, primarily focusing on the argument for female suffrage as a social necessity rather than a mere right. Written in the context of burgeoning labor movements and women's growing roles in the workforce, the document illustrates the urgency of addressing women's suffrage within political agendas. In "Social-Democracy and Woman Suffrage," Zetkin argues that the demand for woman suffrage is rooted not in abstract ideals of natural rights, but instead in the concrete socio-economic realities shaped by capitalism. She differentiates between working-class women's needs and those of middle-class women, expressing that the former group requires suffrage as an essential tool for their empowerment and liberation. Zetkin emphasizes the importance of universal, equal, and direct suffrage for women, positing that this inclusion is crucial for the advancement of broader socialist goals and the dismantling of class structures. Ultimately, she encourages women to embrace their role in the proletariat struggle, asserting that their political participation is vital for achieving social justice and equality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 50.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Women -- Suffrage Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands JN Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Gender & Sexuality Studies Category: Sociology Category: Politics 95351 2025-06-23T04:52:52.080684 text/html 91258 2018-07-09T22:57:16 text/html 194340 2025-06-23T04:52:54.934640 application/epub+zip 193210 2025-06-23T04:52:52.967662 application/epub+zip 94337 2025-06-23T04:52:52.447650 application/epub+zip 235035 2025-06-23T04:52:56.706659 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 224773 2025-06-23T04:52:54.575621 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115573 2022-08-25T18:57:35.968354 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 82754 2025-06-23T04:52:51.877649 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 82819 2020-06-15T00:29:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20125 2025-06-23T04:52:56.857616 application/rdf+xml 18982 2025-06-23T04:52:52.516671 image/jpeg 3065 2025-06-23T04:52:52.482643 image/jpeg 28996 2020-06-15T00:29:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 185577 2018-07-09T23:00:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 186799 2025-06-23T04:52:52.095689 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia