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Important People, Events and Organization. Womenâs Suffrageâ First-wave feminists were fighting for womenâs right to vote. The womenâs suffrage movement was in alignment with the Black Suffrage and the Abolitionist movement, due to the similiar goals of equality. Elizabeth Cady Stanton â Avid suffragist and abolitionist.
The ultimate goal of the general strike, according to the Industrial Workers of the World, is to displace capitalists and give control over the means of production to workers. Foner notes that the first person recorded mentioning the general strike as a weapon for the IWW was Lucy Parsons.