What practical conclusions may we now draw for our propaganda work among women? The task of this Party Congress must not be to issue detailed practical suggestions, but to draw up general directions for the proletarian women's movement.
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As a consequence of their low wages, the women are transformed from mere competitors into unfair competitors who push down the wages of men.Clara Zetkin
In the same manner the capitalists use child labour to depress women's wages and the work of machines to depress all human labour.
Clara Zetkin
For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the chains labour is burdened with by capitalism, but they are not sufficient to crush capitalism and to emancipate the workers from their tyranny.
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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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In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the start because of the attitude of those women workers who are not organized.
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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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