Suffrage Movement And Karl Marx's Theory Of Communism

Many of the reform movements that took place in history were mostly trying to solve social, political, and economic problems. Scholars, politicians, and intellectuals were mostly the ones that put in the effort to stop these problems from expanding and growing into bigger ones. From many of the philosophical reform movements, there are the Women’s Suffrage Movement and Karl Marx’s theory of Communism. Throughout the world, these philosophies and theories of reform movements have led to many changes in societies. The Women’s Suffrage Movement started because women felt that if men had the freedom to choose what was good for society, they should too. They wanted to become more socially and politically involved in their society. One of the many important things women fought for, was the right to vote. They wanted their ideas to be brought up, but mostly they wanted a say. They did not want the life of being a housewife and taking care …show more content…
Both of these movements are fighting for freedom. They both want equality in their society. Now the difference comes, the Women’s Suffrage Movement fought for only women's rights. While on the other hand Karl Marx theory fought for the whole proletariat class. Karl Marx’s theory wanted the classes to fight so there are no more classes anymore because that was the main problem. On the other hand Women’s Suffrage Movement did not care who was in what class, they wanted their freedom, so they came and fought together. One of the many things that was similar between these two movements was that in both cases the government had some involvement. In the Women’s Suffrage Movement, the government put the women in prison because they thought that was the solution and in the Karl Marx’s theory the government was going to be the one responsible for giving out items and materials to society. Both movements have many similarities and