Social-Democracy and Woman Suffrage / A Paper Read by Clara Zetkin to the Conference of Women Belonging to the Social-Democratic Party Held at Mannheim, Before the Opening of the Annual Congress of the German Social-Democracy

A political paper argues that the demand for women's suffrage must be grounded in social and economic conditions produced by capitalist production and the increasing entry of women into wage labor, rather than framed as a natural-rights claim advanced by middle-class activists. It critiques middle-class tactics, recommends practical approaches for making suffrage a central demand of the working-class movement, and surveys historical and local franchise arrangements—including property- and tax-based restrictions—to show how voting rights intersect with class interests and political strategy.