Clara Zetkin (nee Eissner; 5 July 1857 - 20 June 1933) was a German Marxist theorist; activist; and advocate for women's rights. In 1911; she organized the first International Women's Day.

Until 1917; she was active in the Social Democratic Party of Germany; then she joined the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) and its far-left wing; the Spartacist League; this later became the Communist Party of Germany (KPD); which she represented in the Reichstag during the Weimar Republic from 1920 to 1933.

When Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party took over power; the Communist Party of Germany was banned; following the Reichstag fire in 1933. Zetkin went into exile for the last time; this time to the Soviet Union. She died there; at Arkhangelskoye; near Moscow; in 1933; aged nearly 76. Her ashes were placed in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis; near Red Square. Pictures From History