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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire happened on March 25, 1911. The Triangle Fire is remembered as one of the most tragic workplace incidents in the history of Industrial America. This tragic fire killed 146 female factory workers, some as young as age 15. During this time there was many problems with sweatshops and unsafe working conditions, this fire proved those problems to be true. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company was owned by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris. The company was started by Blanck and Harris

darkness.” This is the owners fail because they should have taken the time and money to put up lights in the stairway for safety. In paragraph 7 it states,” This was not unusual, as employers often locked doors to discourage latecomers and keep out union organizers.” This is the owner's fail because it caused a hazard for the workers if there was an emergency. Human life wasn’t valued or a priority. At the beginning of the excerpt, there is a subtitle, “ Holocaust.” Holocaust means a mass scale of

The fire inspired groups to work for better working conditions. The International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union, a group made up of immigrants, helped improve conditions, especially for safety. (Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire) Later, the Factory Investigating Commission was created by the New York state which helped make factories at New

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In November, she burst onstage during a meeting at the Cooper Union Grand Hall to call for a general strike of the city's ladies' garment workers. That impulsed the "Uprising of the Twenty Thousand," and within three months the union won higher wages, shorter hours, and official recognition from its opponents. The settlement, though, proved only a partial victory. It would require several years

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Section 1: Identification and evaluation of sources During this investigation, I will be analyzing the aftermath of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire that occured in New York City on March 25, 1911. I will specifically be addressing the question, “To what extent did the Triangle Factory Fire of 1911 help give workers the reforms that they had already been demanding?” To investigate this question to its fullest, it is important to look into sources that help shed light on what happened after the

brought to light the much-needed change to create safer work environments for workers at that time. This accident sparked strikes and rallies against the garment industry from within both the New York Community, as well as the nation. With the help of unions fighting for this cause,

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Research Fire! Fire! Fire! Only it took 18 minutes to destroy 146 lives. A normal day that soon was about to become the deadliest in one’s life, it went through the top floors in the blink of an eye. The lives lost in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire were tremendously tragic, but worth it because they changed America by bringing up many laws that will impact the wages gained and working conditions that would later prevent this from happening again. Humans can be