Chapter 8: Reform I think Frances Perkins was a driven woman with the best intentions. With her history, knowledge, and passion, there was no better person to lead the reforms after the Triangle fire. I think she was right to see the tragedy as an opportunity to push for social reform, because she took the basic things that so many of those workers who perished had fought for and took them even further. There was no better time to bring these issues forward for reform in my opinion, as sometimes it takes disasters for officials to see the extent of reform that is needed. I think her commitment to social reform was commendable, and the reforms that she pursued were worthy causes and consistent in their theme. I feel like under the right circumstances, if I were the right person for the job as Frances Perkins was, I could devote my life to the issues she did. There are some people whose life calling that is. I think everyone has a personal and social obligation to engage societal problems at some level to …show more content…
Even though at that time it was hard to prove negligence, I believe they willfully neglected to provide adequate safety measures due to their own greed, and therefore cost those many factory workers their lives. I was so frustrated with the progress of the trial. The prosecutor Charles Bostwick missed many key chances to prove his case, and Max Steuer was full of deceit in his case. The most frustrating part to me was why the jury found the owners not guilty, and it was because the judge had issued explicit instructions that the jury must be sure “beyond a reasonable doubt, that Harris and Blanck knew – at 4:45 P.M. on March 25 – that the Washington place door was locked” (Von Drehle, 2003, p.255), otherwise they must acquit. With those detailed instructions given in favor of the owners based on judicial bias (unknown at the time I believe), the jury had no choice but to
Who is Frances Perkins? Frances Perkins who secretary of the New York City Committee on Public Safety witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire and decided to take action; therefore, Francis went to the National Fire Protection Association (N.F.P.A.).When Francis went to their annual meeting, she urged them to look into the dangers of the industries and make them known to the public. Frances Perkins How was the F.I.C
During the time from the 1890s to the 1920s a period of social and political reform took place in the United States known as the Progressive Era. “The era saw the expansion of political and economic freedom through the reinvigoration of the moment for woman suffrage, the use of political power to expand workers rights’ and efforts to improve democratic government by weakening the power of the city bosses and giving ordinary citizens more influence on legislation.” The progressive reformers from this time gained a majority of their support from the education middle-class of urban areas. Another term used to describe these reformers is Muckrakers.
SUPPORT FOR ETHICAL ISSUES: As stated in the case, Burlington did not “question the jury’s determination that the motivation for these acts was retaliatory.” Inferring that this is an admission of guilt by Burlington, one can conclude that a deliberate business decision to retaliate outweighed any legal ramifications.
Following the welfare reforms that were introduced by the New Labour Government in 1997, the coalition Government has developed, extended and continued welfare-to-work programmes (Deacon and Patrick, 2012). The Government’s ‘rehabilitation revolution’ saw policies designed to reduce reoffending, and as a consequence resettlement initiatives emerged with welfare-to-work programmes (Ministry of Justice, 2010). Since the implementation of the ‘Work Programme’ in 2011, welfare provision has seen a high influx of ex-offenders and Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangement (MAPPA) participants referred to programmes (Gov.UK, 2016). The main provider in Wales has delivered learning and development provision to approximately 24,000 ex-offenders (Working Links, 2013). The ultimate aim of the provider is to ensure participants secure sustainable employment. Accordingly, front-line staff have undergone specialist training to deal with ‘risk’ and mentor clients with complex and multiple needs. However, there is a dearth of research focusing on this contemporary phenomena. Considering the pivotal role employment schemes play in rehabilitating offenders, it is of paramount importance to determine whether or not the Governments confidence in employability schemes is justified.
The 2nd Great Awakening occurred within the 1800-1840’s and it helped revive the idea of religious ideas. During the 2nd Great Awakening, many were beginning to participate in public meeting. This helped with the formation of the reform movements because the reform movements were social movements that showed how many people decided to get involved for their own benefit, and took matters into their own hands for example, all the movements that began, which shows democracy because democracy is power to the people. Reform movement in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals such as equality, organizing and petitioning a cause, and religious
During the 19th century, many reform movements occurred which helped shape America. The United States was still developing to achieve an ideal nation, in order to achieve it's goal there were many reforms. Reform movements occurred in many places, categories, and led by many magnificent figures. Reform movements ranged from women's rights, education, slavery, and many more. Despite the equality reforms such as abolition and women's suffrage, the majority of reforms carried out in the early 19th century focused on a utopian society, instead of democratic ideals. Therefore, the opinion that “all reform movements in America at this time sought to expand democratic ideals” is invalid specific to this time period.
he assumptions and goals characterized progressivism as a philosophy, the progressivism believe that society is capable of improvement and that it will be continued growth in the nation. Also that progressivism is a philosophy because children should spend more time on their education other than working, and they should not have sacrifice their health either. The influence on American society and politics domestically internationally was that politics The progressive reforms confront the social, political, economic and moral problems of their age by fighting to overcome corrupt political machines and their poor living conditions, they replace it with civil service that will allowed their government to function on basis. Yes they were successful because the government passed an act called Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act.
The lack of opportunities for social mobility in England - high mortality rate, reduced wages, and high unemployment in result of the enclosure act – was an important social problem that led to increasing migrations and populations in the Americas, especially Chesapeake. In Virginia, both the white and black populations increased the most out of all the other English colonies (document 1). Similarly, there were an increase in white and black populations in Maryland and Middlsex County, Virginia (document 2 and 3). Throughout the 1600s, British migrations to the Americas gradually increased, which indicates that many of those migrants hope to flee the social problems in England to order to search for better futures in the
Reformers had the desire to create moral order, and between the 1830s and 1840s, they established new institutions which were meant to heal the human being spiritually and morally. Institutions like prisons, orphanages, asylums and poorhouses started to proliferate. The common ideology was that of perfectionism, by which someone who was once considered incurable could now be set free. In fact, the belief was that people who entered an institution could be rehabilitated and eventually released back into society. However, with time, many institutions would prove to be crowded places where people were simply kept away from society. On the other hand, institutions like tax supported state schools were made available for all children. Horace Mann,
Progressive Era, an era of intense social and political reform aimed at making progress toward a better society. It was a period of Progressive Era reformers sought to harness the power of the federal government to eliminate unethical and unfair business practices, reduce corruption, and counteract the negative social effects of industrialization for the protections for workers and consumers were strengthened, and the era witnessed the achievement of women’s right to vote.
Max Blanck and Isaac Harris are not guilty and there is strong evidence to prove this. The first piece of evidence that lead to my verdict was that the girls couldn’t get out because the doors were jammed, not locked. Many of the workers state that they never locked the doors because Blanck and Harris had workers come in and out of the rooms to get materials. If the workers came in and out, the doors couldn’t have been locked. Another piece of evidence is that the doors were jammed because the doors were made out of steel and when steel is exposed to heat it causes the doors to expand. The girls also may have not been able to open the doors because they were so scared they probably weren’t pushing hard enough. In the moment the workers probably
She realized that being poor wasn’t a result of laziness, it was a result of life. Throughout her years, she accomplished much more than anyone thought a woman could. Frances Perkins revolutionized the state of Americans by being a key-contributor to the New Deal with her bravery and intelligence, which allowed the US to be successful during the war. Frances was
What would happen if the government made changes to the welfare system? There are approximately 110,489,000 of Americans on welfare. Many people benefit from what the system has to offer: food stamps, housing, health insurance, day care, and unemployment. Taxpayers often argue that the individuals who benefit from the system, abuse the system; however, this is not entirely true. Many of the people who receive benefits really and truly need the help. Even though some people believe welfare should be reformed, welfare should not be reformed because 40% of single mothers are poor, some elderly people do not have a support system, and college students can not afford to take extra loans.
Blanck and Harris were charged with manslaughter on April 11 for keeping the back doors locked in the factory. In 1913, Blanck was charged again for locking the door to one of his new factories and was fined twenty dollars. The following year, the two factory owners were fined for sewing fake consumer labels into their clothing saying the factory met working standards. In 1914, Blanck and Harris settled the civil suits against them, paying seventy-five dollars for each life lost. they had so much insurance that they made sixty-five thousand dollars in profit off their factory burning and number workers dead.
The Social Security System is in need of a new reform; our current system was not designed for the age stratification we have at this time. The U.S. Social Security Administration Office of Policy states, “The original Social Security Act, signed into law on August 14, 1935, grew out of the work of the Committee on Economic Security, a cabinet-level group appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt just one year earlier. The Act created several programs that, even today, form the basis for the government's role in providing income security, specifically, the old-age insurance, unemployment insurance, and Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) programs.” Social Security was modeled to aid the elderly citizens, however during the