The women’s suffrage movement was part of the larger women’s rights movement, fighting for the right of women to vote and run for office. In the mid-nineteenth century, women in numerous nations, most notably the United States and the United Kingdom, organized groups to push for suffrage. The labor movement in the United States arose from the necessity to preserve workers’ common interests. Organized labor unions pushed for better salaries, appropriate working hours, and safer working conditions for people in the industrial sector. The labor movement spearheaded attempts to end child labor, offer health benefits, and assist wounded or retired workers. The Equal Rights Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that would provide equal legal rights to all American citizens, regardless of gender. It aims to abolish legal disparities between men and women in areas such as divorce, property, work, and other areas. How are these topics all related? These rights have changed how things are done. A better way to describe them would be the domino effect. All of them are related because they deprive someone, typically women, of a right. Although it should not be necessary to use people’s suffering to demand change or pass legislation, this is often the case. In 1911, The Triangle Shirt Factory, one of the deadliest workplace fires in New York City, killed 146 young women due to a lack of protection in their employment. This shouldn’t have happened.

How/why are labor rights also issues of gender justice? Gender justice is truly about ensuring that everyone, regardless of gender, has an equal opportunity to arrange their life and succeed. Labor rights are also concerns of gender justice because women continue to battle discrimination and demand equal pay, maternity leave, and protection from workplace violence to this day. Gender justice is the elimination of inequities between men and women in our society. This includes unfair treatment based on gender, including privilege and priority. To this day, young women, really teenagers, are deprived of their rights and denied the right to organize. As we all know, history tends to repeat itself, and if we don’t act now, it will be too late for millions of young women everywhere. Looking back in time, we can see that many things have changed, yet there is always opportunity for improvement.