"What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women."
-Clara Zetkin
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"In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the start because of the attitude of those women workers who are not organized.“
-Clara Zetkin
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