Suffrage, labor rights, and the equal rights amendment are all related through women’s experiences in history. Women had to fight to gain suffrage, which wasn’t granted to them until 1920, which is only about a hundred years ago. With the issue of labor rights, it ties into the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, because of that horrific industrial tragedy it served as a reminder that the working laws needed to be changed. It greatly contributed to the beginnings of the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union, as well as passing the “Sullivan-Hoey fire prevention law, which required sprinkler systems to be installed in all factories. It served as a model for state and national work place safety codes” (The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire). Labor rights are also issues of gender justice because it ties into wages, which can be related to the wage gap that has been present between men and women for years and slowly decreased but not fully eradicated yet. Also, for a long time women were not seen as equal in the workplace, or even allowed to work the same jobs a man could work, but it also ties into the safety of those jobs. “Working women at the time were focused on gaining workplace protections for women and children” (Law 2). The equal rights amendment has to do with women because it involves both genders and how they’re treated differently in society but should be treated the same and without discrimination. All three of these topics are linked to one another through the struggle women have been put through in history to allow other women of the future to experience these things. After watching the Triangle Returns video, I was shocked to find out that even in today’s world labor rights are not upheld the same everywhere around the world. While I was already aware of sweatshops existing and child labor, for some reason these issues feel outdated but they’re very much real and present. So being reminded of that after watching the video really snapped me back to reality in a sense. I think the goal of suffrage has been achieved in today’s society already but equal rights still have a long way to go since it’s such a deeply tangled concept with a lot of history behind it.
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Hello, Kayla I definitely agree with your statements. A lot of these laboring laws and amendments became a thing because women felt that they were treated unfairly. It is also surprising that although we don’t see workers being abused there are many other countries that do.
Hi Kayla, this is a good summary! and the Triangle Returns video impacted me similarly. We have laws against child labor here so we don’t think as much about it. But this problem is still ongoing throughout the planet, so this was a good reminder of that
I think there is still ways to go with suffrage; i’m not 100% sure but i don’t think this country’s indigenous natives have been given suffrage yet
Hello, Kayla I totally agree that many of these laboring laws and amendments you discussed.
Hello Kayla I like your post because is true women don’t see equal at work because all the time men are first, everything time women deserve another level at the company they always give first that to a men because for them Men have the potentially to control an organization when women can do a better job sometimes.
Hi Kayla!
I really enjoyed your post and agree with you! It is so unsettling that child labor still goes on in other countries, in the U.S we might not think about it because of the laws in place but it is still a very real thing. I agree that women don’t experience equality in the work place quite often. I’ve experienced this first hand and companies will always deny it and blame it on the man just being more qualified.