The following is an excerpt from Adelheid Popp's The Autobiography of a Working Woman (Evaluating the Evidence 23.3): "In the factory I became another woman. . . . I told my [female] comrades all that I had read of the workers' movement. Formerly I had often told stories when they had begged me for them. But instead of narrating . . . the fate of some queen, I now held forth on oppression and exploitation. I told of accumulated wealth in the hands of a few, and introduced as a contrast the shoemakers who had no shoes and the tailors who had no clothes. On breaks I read aloud the articles in the Social Democratic paper and explained what Socialism was as far as I understood it. . . . [While I was reading] it often happened that one of the clerks passing by shook his head and said to another clerk: 'The girl speaks like a man.'"
The passage suggests that Popp

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The passage indicates that Popp believed it was her duty to educate her fellow female workers about the workers' movement and Socialism. She takes an active role in sharing knowledge with her comrades, reading articles aloud and explaining Socialism as far as she understood it. Popp's actions suggest a commitment to empowering working-class women through political education.

The Following Is an Excerpt from Adelheid Popp's the Autobiography