Alexandra Kollontai

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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.