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{{Infobox politician|name=Alexandra Kollontai|native_name=Александра Коллонтай|birth_place=St. Petersburg, [[Russian Empire]]|birth_date=31 March 1872|death_place=Moscow, [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|death_date=9 March 1952|political_line=[[Marxism]]<br>[[Marxist feminism]]}} | {{Infobox politician|name=Alexandra Kollontai|native_name=Александра Коллонтай|birth_place=St. Petersburg, [[Russian Empire]]|image_size=200|birth_date=31 March 1872|death_place=Moscow, [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|image=Kollontai.png|death_date=9 March 1952|political_line=[[Marxism]]<br>[[Marxist feminism]]}} | ||
'''Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai''' (31 March 1872 – 9 March 1952) was a Russian [[Communism|communist]] revolutionary and proletarian feminist. She criticized bourgeois feminism as well as the [[class reductionism]] of some other Marxists.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Jodi Dean|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]|title=Alexandra Kollontai (pt. 1): The struggle for proletarian feminism and for women in the party|date=2020-08-14|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/kollontai-socialism-and-feminism-part-one/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118183718/https://www.liberationschool.org/kollontai-socialism-and-feminism-part-one/|archive-date=2022-01-18|retrieved=2022-09-03}}</ref> | '''Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai''' (31 March 1872 – 9 March 1952) was a Russian [[Communism|communist]] revolutionary and proletarian feminist. She criticized bourgeois feminism as well as the [[class reductionism]] of some other Marxists.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Jodi Dean|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]|title=Alexandra Kollontai (pt. 1): The struggle for proletarian feminism and for women in the party|date=2020-08-14|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/kollontai-socialism-and-feminism-part-one/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118183718/https://www.liberationschool.org/kollontai-socialism-and-feminism-part-one/|archive-date=2022-01-18|retrieved=2022-09-03}}</ref> | ||
== Pre-revolution == | == Pre-revolution == | ||
Kollontai was born in 1872 and organized the socialist women's movement in Russia and Europe before the [[Russian revolution of 1917|October Revolution]].<ref name=":0" /> | Kollontai was born in 1872 and organized the socialist women's movement in Russia and Europe before the [[Russian revolution of 1917|October Revolution]].<ref name=":0" /> She wrote a 1913 article in ''[[Pravda]]'' about [[International Women's Day]].<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=Regina Joseph|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]|title=On International Women's Day, let's remember Alexandra Kollontai|date=2023-03-01|url=https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/3/1/international-womens-day-lets-remember-alexandra-kollontai|retrieved=2023-03-04}}</ref> | ||
== Political career == | == Political career == | ||
Kollontai returned to Russia in 1918 after the October Revolution and became the [[Council of People's Commissars|People's Commissar for Welfare]] and was the first woman in the world to be a cabinet official.<ref name=":0" /> She held that position until 1924 and helped negotiate a peace treaty with [[Republic of Finland|Finland]] in 1940.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:Marxists]] | [[Category:Marxists]] | ||
[[Category:Feminists]] | [[Category:Feminists]] | ||
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Alexandra Kollontai Александра Коллонтай | |
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| Born | 31 March 1872 St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 9 March 1952 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political orientation | Marxism Marxist feminism |
Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai (31 March 1872 – 9 March 1952) was a Russian communist revolutionary and proletarian feminist. She criticized bourgeois feminism as well as the class reductionism of some other Marxists.[1]
Pre-revolution[edit | edit source]
Kollontai was born in 1872 and organized the socialist women's movement in Russia and Europe before the October Revolution.[1] She wrote a 1913 article in Pravda about International Women's Day.[2]
Political career[edit | edit source]
Kollontai returned to Russia in 1918 after the October Revolution and became the People's Commissar for Welfare and was the first woman in the world to be a cabinet official.[1] She held that position until 1924 and helped negotiate a peace treaty with Finland in 1940.[2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jodi Dean (2020-08-14). "Alexandra Kollontai (pt. 1): The struggle for proletarian feminism and for women in the party" Liberation School. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Regina Joseph (2023-03-01). "On International Women's Day, let's remember Alexandra Kollontai" Fight Back! News. Retrieved 2023-03-04.