Kollontai believed that women’s rights were closely related to the rights of the working class as a whole, championed by socialism. She believed that only socialism could liberate even working class women. In addition, she recognized that the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) needed the support of women to achieve revolution. Kollontai proved to be correct in 1917, when working class women began demonstrations on International Women’s Day that led to the end of autocracy in Russia.
