American Freedom In The 19th Century

In the nineteenth century great advances were made toward industrializing america, but american freedoms were sacrificed in the process. Going into the twentieth century many changes were made to change the cultural norms of the previous century. The labor and women's movement challenged the nineteenth centuries meaning of american freedom by showing the people that not everyone was being protected and accurately represented in america.
The labor movement began because of many different outcomes of industrialization. Industrialization brought a lot of modern ideas into america but also brought the problems of child labor, health violations, bad working environments, and mistreatment of women. The triangle shirtwaist fire was a prime example of bad working environments. The triangle factory caught fire for a reason that is unknown but it showed us that we needed building regulations in order to keep
There was many things wrong with this but it was a way of life in the nineteenth century. All of these events lead to the labor movement.
The labor movement was an american stands for there rights. People especially enraged by the fact that children were dying in there 20’s because they were working in the mines there entire childhood (Vasellas lecture 2/6). In February a group of Women got themselves involved. Even though women did not have the right to vote they had the right to protest and they did. They devised a plan to have the children refuse to work and march down fifth ave (Textbook 708). Though this created a lot of back and forth between workers and employers, their voices were eventually heard.
Women played a big role in the labor movement which is an astonishing feat. Even Though women did not have the right to vote they were still making changes in america. But they would not stop at the labor movement. Women all across america would go on to start an entire movement all their