Quote by Clara Zetkin
What made womens labour particularly attractive to the capitalists

What made womens labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women. – Clara Zetkin

Other quotes by Clara Zetkin

The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist society. – Clara Zetkin

Category:
Society
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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. – Clara Zetkin

Category:
Attitude
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The most disastrous phenomenon of the current situation is the factor that imperialism is employing for its own ends all the powers of the proletariat, all of its institutions and weapons, which its fighting vanguard has created for its war of liberation. – Clara Zetkin

Category:
War
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Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy. – Larry David

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Women are like cars: we all want a Ferrari, sometimes want a pickup truck, and end up with a station wagon. – Tim Allen

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Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work. – Barbra Streisand

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Women

No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and the construction of an Irish republic. – James Larkin

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