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Women’s Liberation

Women’s liberation, family, private property, labor, and political rights.

妇女家庭性别womenfamilygender

Open Topic WorksBack to Map Overview
15Related works
2Study stages
6Related authors
Covered study stages

01 Class Intuition: Seeing Capitalism in Everyday Life; 04 State, Class Rule, and the Question of Revolution

Related authors

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Rosa Luxemburg, Clara Zetkin, Alexandra Kollontai, IMRA Editorial Collective

Reading Path

From questions to texts, station by station

Start with the core questions, then follow the entry, core, and advanced readings into concrete book and article pages.

Core Questions

  1. How is women’s oppression linked to labor division, family institutions, property relations, and social reproduction?

  2. How do paid labor, unpaid care, and public services form a class question together?

  3. Why must women’s liberation not be reduced to a footnote of general class questions?

Entry Reading

3 texts
1884 · Friedrich EngelsFull textThe Origin of the Family, Private Property and the StateStudies kinship, private property, and state origins through social formations.1912 · Rosa LuxemburgFull textWomen's Suffrage and Class StruggleConnects women's political rights, class struggle, and socialist movement.2026 · IMRA Editorial CollectiveFull textWomen’s Liberation Study GuideOrganizes readings on labor, family, social reproduction, and political rights.

Core Reading

1 text
1884 · Friedrich EngelsFull textThe Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Selected SectionsPlaces family, property, state, and gender oppression inside historical structures.

Advanced Reading

5 texts
1914 · Rosa LuxemburgFull textThe Proletarian WomanDiscusses women's emancipation, class struggle, and socialist movement.1912 · Rosa LuxemburgFull textWomen's Suffrage and Class StruggleConnects women's political rights, class struggle, and socialist movement.1846 · Karl MarxGuidePeuchet on SuicideConnects private suffering, family institutions, and social relations.1884 · Friedrich EngelsFull textOrigin of the Family, Chapter 9, Selected SectionsFocuses on state formation, civilization, and class society.1920 · Clara ZetkinFull textLenin on the Woman QuestionAdds historical discussion on women’s liberation, organization, and public education.

Common Misreadings

  • Treating the woman question only as equality of ideas.
  • Naturalizing family and care work.
  • Mechanically separating women’s liberation from class struggle.