The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire was‚ in my opinion‚ one of the most tragic events in history. The workers in the factory were not treated with respect or fairness. The workers were forced to work tremendously long hours and received little pay. Perhaps one of the biggest shocks to me was the fact that the workers had to pay for the thread‚ the power that their machine used‚ and buy a garments if the shirtwaist was not made correctly. Obviously‚ money ruled the hearts of the owners. This reminds
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1911‚ the Triangle Waist Company had a fire breakout which killed 141 young girls and an about 5 of them men. This fire is believed to have started by cigarettes or matches that had been thrown in a pile of waste‚ and witnessed to have ended in being the greatest industrial disaster till that time. This company broke numerous amount of laws that were created to protect the workers‚ such as not being allowed to have doors locked during working hours and having correct dimensions of the fire escape‚
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United States of America her entire life along with 148 of her fellow workers‚ was killed in the fire in the Triangle Shirt Factory(Nussbaum death certificate). Ever since‚ historians and advocates have asked the question‚ “Who should be held responsible for their deaths?” After looking at many sources it seems that the owners of the building‚ Blanck and Harris‚ were ultimately responsible for the fire. This is because they failed to keep the building properly inspected‚ had terrible working conditions
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Lauren McDaniel Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Immoral owners ignored basic worker’s rights. Exceptionally hazardous working conditions‚ ridiculous long hours‚ and low wages were the lives of the workers at the Triangle Waist Company. Most workers were women immigrants seeking a better life in the United States. Speaking out would end with the loss of their needed jobs‚ forcing them to suffer personal indignities and severe mistreatment. Because of the poor working conditions the Women’s Trade
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The Triangle Fire The events of the Triangle Fire of 1911 are incredibly relevant to today’s society. Workers’ rights and safety continues to be a heated topic for debate. Though many people may believe such an issue has been put to rest with our technologically advanced time and our progressive state of mind‚ the truth of the matter is immigrant and foreign workers are still being exploited in the workplace. Often workers are not represented by a union or uneducated as to what a union even
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The tragic story of the fire occurring at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company was very compelling because it brought attention to the events leading up to the fire. The working conditions for women during the Progressive Era were awful and didn’t actually ensure the safety and proper After the fire‚ the story rapidly spread inspiring hundreds of activists across the state and the U.S. to push for very much needed fundamental reforms. Many of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory workers were young
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The 146 people that died during the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire sparked a workplace reform movement that quickly spread across America like a wildfire. These reforms were some that were drastically needed. During the Progressive Era‚ employers were getting away with child labor‚ long hours that kept mothers away from their children and terrible work conditions that killed thousands every year. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire impacted society during the Progressive Era by drawing attention
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women immigrants were looking for any job they could find. However‚ there was one occurring problem through the 19th and 20th century: the working conditions. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company‚ founded by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris‚ was one of many industries the workers had harsh feelings toward due to this issue. On March 25‚ 1911‚ a fire broke out within the company building causing it to be one of the most symbolic incidents regarding the improvements in the industrial world. Although the immigrants
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Dead Without a Trace: The Joann Curley Case Joann Curley was a middle aged woman who appeared to have fallen in love instantly when she met her future husband‚ Robert Curley. After they married in the summer of 1990‚ the couple‚ including her young daughter Angela‚ moved into her home in Wilkes-Barre‚ Pennsylvania. By all outward appearances they seemed to be the picture perfect family. Robert received a promotion at his job as a foreman for the chemistry laboratory he worked for. As a family it
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Editor-at-Large for‚ the renowned‚ Time Magazine. In Triangle: The Fire that Changed America‚ Von Drehle coalesces his critically acclaimed writing skills with knowledge of early 1900s New York to create a masterpiece depicting the struggles of immigrant women and a catastrophic fire that drastically changed labor and safety laws in America. On a normal afternoon in late March of 1911‚ a fire broke out in Manhattan‚ New York that changed America. The fire began at closing time on the eighth floor of the
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