What's your opinion...Triangle: The Fire that Changed America?

Question

Why do you think that this specific fire led to reform in America when other factory fires before this one did not???

Answer 1

Because so many of the workers were women and children. the owners of the factory sealed all the doors, had faulty wiring and dangerous conditions, no fire escapes and the workers had absolutely not means to escape the fore except to jump out the windows. Screams of women and children being burned alive was so traumatic to the bystander that the community as a whole rose up to organize unions to obtain safer and better working conditions for the workers (things we take for granted today). Frances Perkins, Secertary of Labor und the Roosevelt Admin sought for the rest of her life to change these working conditions. For example, if a worker was injured or disabled due to unsafe working conditions it was just too bad for the worker.

But this time the Triangle factory owners were so bad and so outrageous that labor found a loud and clear voice to stop these conditions. They were found not guilt at trial but guilty in a civil suit brought later.

Answer 2

my advice is just to read the stupid book....