The capitalists speculate on the two following factors: the female worker must be paid as poorly as possible and the competition of female labour must be employed to lower the wages of male workers as much as possible.

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What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price...

What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price...

We would, however, perform an injustice to the bourgeois women's rights movement if we would...

We would, however, perform an injustice to the bourgeois women's rights movement if we would...

What practical conclusions may we now draw for our propaganda work among women? The task...

What practical conclusions may we now draw for our propaganda work among women? The task...

The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist...

The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist...

Women's propaganda must touch upon all those questions which are of great importance to the...

Women's propaganda must touch upon all those questions which are of great importance to the...

When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf...

When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf...

In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages,...

In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages,...

When a battle for suffrage is conducted, it should only be conducted according to socialist...

When a battle for suffrage is conducted, it should only be conducted according to socialist...

Each reform, therefore, improving the economical and political situation of the workers proves to be...

Each reform, therefore, improving the economical and political situation of the workers proves to be...

When the men kill, it is up to us women to fight for the preservation...

When the men kill, it is up to us women to fight for the preservation...

We are not making this demand for the sake of a principle, but in the...

We are not making this demand for the sake of a principle, but in the...

The most disastrous phenomenon of the current situation is the factor that imperialism is employing...

The most disastrous phenomenon of the current situation is the factor that imperialism is employing...

Bourgeois society is not fundamentally opposed to the bourgeois women's movement, which is proven by...

Bourgeois society is not fundamentally opposed to the bourgeois women's movement, which is proven by...

Social Democratic and trade union organs have approved of the illegal invasion of Belgium, of...

Social Democratic and trade union organs have approved of the illegal invasion of Belgium, of...

These interests of the workers, as the exploited and oppressed, class of society, are the...

These interests of the workers, as the exploited and oppressed, class of society, are the...

The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything...

The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything...

For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the...

For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the...

The machines, the modern mode of production, slowly undermined domestic production and not just for...

The machines, the modern mode of production, slowly undermined domestic production and not just for...