Yesterday, March 25th, 1911, corruption occurred. The Triangle Shirtwaste Factorie's conditions were already unsafe and tight, but on the 25th they were worse. Most exit doors were locked, reportedly to keep the unions out, but we know the real reason. Owners Isaac Harris and Max Blanck knew the elevators could only hold 10 people at a time, and the fire escapes were longingly outdated.…
What would you do if you saw someone being treated poorly if they were your friend? Would you do the same for someone who is an immigrant and being treated poorly on a daily basis? The article “The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire” and the excerpt from “The Harvest Gypsies” about migrants, how they have affected us and how we have affected them over the years. The “The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire” simply did a better job of going over the central idea of the effect of immigrants on America and its government to even modern day.…
All of these factors took part in the worst fire of the Industrial Revolution. From the start of the Industrial Revolution, in 1877, these thirty-four years and countless fires the Triangle Factor Fire was so-called the worst fire in that time period. The Triangle Factor Fire started at 4:40 p.m. right after most of the business left for the day. If the fire were to start ten minutes earlier then many more lives would have been lost.…
Abstract: Fire can be seen as an intrusive, destructive force of nature and many can only see fire as a disadvantage phenomenon, but fire is an essential requirement for many ecosystems. This report looks at the consequences of fire on recovering forests of Australia. A survey was taken in 2011 at Anstey Hill in two different locations, one at the location where Ash Wednesday took place in 1983 and at another location where and uncontrolled fire took place in 1995. The survey looks at the recovery time of ground and canopy cover since the fires took place. After a controlled burn in the location of Ash Wednesday in 2012, another survey in 2015 shows the recovery once again of this site.…
Many factory owners would lock the fire escapes to their building. This practice prevented workers from taking premature and excessive breaks as well as lowering the number of thefts. The Triangle Shirtwaist Companies have been fined many times for not following New York Cities factory safety guidelines. After the 1911 Triangle Fire, New York created a Factory Investigating Commission to study safety, sanitation, wages, hours and child labor in places like sweatshops, canneries and bakeries. This led to New York adopting 36 of the commission’s recommendation into law.…
A socialist and union activist, Rose Schneiderman speaks up and says something extremely important, “What happened at the Triangle was outrageous-this was undeniable and beyond politics. It was preventable, but it happened anyway because of complacency and greed.” The fire “changed America,” as Von Drehle argues to an extent seeing as it altered politics and gave rise to urban liberalism. The fact that nine years later woman earned the right to vote was a major accomplishment.…
Families were having to identify and bury their love ones. The funerals of the women brought out many citizens of New York, especially the day the funeral for the unknown women. People then began to see how the owners of the factory only wanted the money. Receiving insurance many and only paying very little to the families of the victims. No one thought of something like this happening to factory especially since the building was fireproof.…
The tragedy that was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (Triangle Fire) could be attributed to a plethora of cumulative factors that brought about the deaths of numerous factory workers. The event referred to as, “The Fire That Changed America” (Argersinger 1), occurred just a short time after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory strike (Triangle Strike), which addressed the horrific conditions faced by the factory workers and their right to unionize; and confirmed the claims of the Triangle Strike women workers. Despite factory owners across New York City giving into the demands of the factory workers right to unionize, have higher wages, and less hours; resulting in the strikes ending, the triangle shirtwaist factory owners abstained from coming…
The next day woman in shops around the city waited for the signal to leave but it only took one person from each factory to stand and walk out causing the rest of the workers to follow…
The saddest part of the Triangle Factory fire is that women and girls had to burn before change could…
In paragraph one it says, “We will never know for sure what started the Triangle Fire. Most Likely, a cutter flicked a hot ash or tossed a live cigarette…
Fire has been the foundation in the progress of humanity. It cooks food, warms homes, and fuels machines, but its ruthless flames can also destroy lives. In the memoir The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls’ father teaches her the wonders of the world and takes her on adventures, but he also is one of the biggest dangers to her and her family. These opposing traits of her father as both the foundation in her knowledge and the destruction of her hope are expressed through the symbol of fire. Fire has become a treasure for mankind like Jeannette Walls’ dad is an essential part of her childhood.…
In Stein’s monograph “The Triangle Fire” it elaborates on how the Triangle Waist Company fire was devastating and also how it relates to the right of workers “A work of history relevant for all those who continue the fight for workers' rights and safety” (STEIN 2010). This is related to the “Triangle The Fire That Changed America” due to the evidence about the workers in the Triangle Waist Company “Get the manufacturer's to give you what you…
After watching the Triangle Fire documentary (PBS, American Experience, 2011), respond to the following questions. Most answers should be around 3-4 sentences long. Remember to submit your completed quiz to the Quiz 1 dropbox on BeachBoard. 1.…
People from different religions, races and professions were affected by the fire of Triangle Shirtwaist factory but they all had surprisingly one thing in common, they were all immigrants. These immigrants were the people who mostly packed the streets of New York and becomes became an inexpensive labor for garment factories. If we are to divide the people who were afflicted by the fire we can easily divide them in into two different groups: first, the immigrant…