Case Study: No Way Out: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Tragedy

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No Way Out: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Tragedy Monee Crosswhite Las Animas High School Abstract No Way Out: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Tragedy Americans, to this day, do not realize the rights and privileges they have with their jobs and how lucky they are to have managers who are responsible enough to protect them. This was not always the case as illustrated in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory tragedy. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire took place in March of 1911, after a garment caught on fire, it resulted in the death of 146 workers. The tragedy left its mark in history and galvanized a nation to make sure more precaution would be taken by business owners, and an industrial disaster would never happen again. From left, Max Florin, Fannie Rosen, Dora Evans and Josephine Cammarata, four of the six victims who were the last to be identified after the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory fire. Berger, Joseph. Two years previous to the incident a protest took place that would consist of employed women asking for better salaries, fewer hours, and better working conditions. Among the businesses that resisted was the shirtwaist factory owned by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris. The owners, worried…show more content…
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