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    In 1993, Sheldon Swartzentruber was hired as an employee of Gunite Corporation. In 1998, Swartzentruber was fired after coming into work with a “tattoo extending from his elbow to his wrist that depicted a burning cross and a hooded man” (Peeples & Elzweig 15) and refusing to cover it. Swartzentruber sued Gunite, a case that came to be known as Swartzentruber v. Gunite Corporation, on the account that he was receiving unfair treatment and prejudice against his religion in the Church of the…

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    I Think I Know The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was an event that occurred in 1911, at a factory in Manhattan, New York. Many of the garment worker in the factory were killed from either the fire itself or because they jumped out of the building in an attempt to get away from the flames. This event, although horrible, lead to much needed changes in safety standards. I remember briefly coving this disaster in one of my history class and then again in this coarse but I have never gone in depth with…

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    Going back to 1911 and looking into the disastrous fire incident that happened in Triangle Shirtwaist factory, it was reported that 145 workers were kill all due to poor working conditions and negligence of the owners of the factory to the demands of the workers. According to History.com, “The factory was a true sweatshop, employing young…

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    Lake View School Name Institution Lake View School On March 4th the year 1908, the American Society mourned the lives of 172 students and two teachers who were trapped in by the fire that occurred at around nine o’clock in Lake View School. The fire was said to have escalated as a result of uncovered cables in the boiler room. The uncovered wires were exposed to woods which led to the fire outbreak in the basement of the school building. The fire incident led to the formulation of new…

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    The Triangle Fire

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    The Triangle fire was a fire that happen in 1911. It killed 145 people. Max blanck and Isaac Harris were owners of the factory. The triangle fire had a strong impact on women and children. The fire happened because The Triangle factory, owned by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris. There was not a lot of space in the factory and the fire mainly happened because of the poor working conditions for example there was no exit signs and the fire escape was very narrow so it would have taking all the worker a…

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    In Triangle The Fire That Changed America Von Drehle takes the deadliest industrial disastor in 1911 to convey the horrific, violent and brutal periods in American labor history. The book is about the horric fire that broke out in a New York garment factory on March 25, 1911. The arthour discusses in detailed on how The Triangle shirtwaist Fire was responsible in the 146 lives lost resulting mostly young immigrant women. He also emphasizes on the cultural, social, and poor working conditions…

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    Yesterday, March 25, 191 at 4:40 pm, a fire at the Triangle Waist Company 10 floor building in New York city broke out and killed 146 young workers who were mostly immigrants. The fire started when someone threw either a match or cigarette int0 the waste bucket. Someone smelled smoke and told the manager who then started to throw water onto the fire, but it was already too late. Everyone began to panic and run for the door, but the door was too small and could only fit one person through at a…

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    The Tringale Fire The happenings in The Triangle Fire occurred during the beginning of the 1990’s. It was one of the worst and deadest accidents that happened in history. Set in New York during times that were difficult and having just one job was sometimes not enough. The women that were in this were struggling with having money for their families and being out in strikes was a danger for them, because they could lose their jobs. Women worked up to thirteen hours on sewing machines with very…

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    Who is really responsible for the Triangle Factory Fire? On March 25th, 1911 one of the world’s worst fire accidents was the day that the Triangle Factory was burned down. According to the young women who survived the fire, what caused the fire was that a few smokers within the building dropped a cigar into a waste basket full of scraps that were flammable and the fire spread out of control throughout the whole building. When the rescue teams and the police arrived to the scene, they estimated…

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    Burning Clothing Factory Protesting Workers Locked inside the building!!! The fire was located on the corner of Greene Street and Washington Place in Manhattan, New York. It happened on March twenty-fifth at 4:40 in the afternoon. Isaac Harris & Max Blanck are to blame people saying an exit was locked by the guards instructed by the owners to do so of 146 people killed. The fire is believed to have to been started by a cigarette during a break or some person who was careless enough to not put…

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