Women's Suffrage and Class Struggle

This 1912 speech by Rosa Luxemburg discusses the significance of women’s suffrage and class struggle, as well as the relationship and connection between them. Luxemburg articulates the importance of women’s democratic rights to the working class movement as a whole. As capitalism developed, masses of women were thrust into the ranks of the proletariat and thus engaged in both production and political action. In turn capitalism suppresses the rights of women in the interest of suppressing the working class movement as a whole.