During the early 1900’s working conditions were very dangerous for men, woman, and children. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory dangerous working conditions also stood out to me from this week’s reading lesson. Because of the dangerous work environment at Triangle Shirtwaist Factory “the fire claimed the lives of 146 people, including 23 men and 123 women”(Barnes & Bowles, 2014). After this event progressives and the public took actions to help protect employees from dangerous working conditions. “Within a few years of the fire, New York adopted strict worker safety protection laws that formed a model for laws passed in numerous stats”(Barnes & Bowles, 2014). New laws helped create a safer working environment and to prevent devastating
