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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]]|birth_date=31 March 1872|death_place=Moscow, [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|death_date=9 March 1952|political_line=[[Marxism]]<br>[[Marxist feminism]]}}


'''Alexandra Kollontai''' 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 ==

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Alexandra Kollontai

Александра Коллонтай
Born31 March 1872
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died9 March 1952
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political orientationMarxism
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

Kollontai was born in 1872 and organized the socialist women's movement in Russia and Europe before the October Revolution.[1]

Political career

After the October Revolution, Kollontai became the People's Commissar for Welfare and was the first woman in the world to be a cabinet official.[1]

References

  1. 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.