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AFL-CIO (2014). Triangle shirtwaist fire. Retrieved from: http://www.aflcio.org/About/Our-History/Key-Events-in-Labor-History/Triangle-Shirtwaist-Fire

"The struggle and spirit of the women strikers caught the attention of suffragists. Wealthy progressive women like Anne Morgan (daughter of J.P. Morgan) and Alva Belmont (whose first husband, William Vanderbilt, presented her with a home so lavish, it was worth $150 million in today’s dollars) believed that all women—rich and poor—would be treated better if women had the right to vote. Alva saw the labor uprising as an opportunity to move the women strikers’ concerns into a broader feminist struggle. She arranged huge rallies, fund-raising events and even spent nights in court paying the fines for arrested strikers."

Without the fire occurring and bringing forth the Labor Unions, it wouldn't have brought forth Alva Belmont's feminist movement which enabled women to vote.

Greenwald, J (2011, March 14). Triangle shirtwaist fire brought safety changes. //Business Insurance,// Vol. 45, Issue 11, pg1-18.

"More than 30 labor-related laws written by the New York (State) Factory Investigating Commission, which was established in response to the fire and has been credited with developing a new model for worker safety in U.S. mills and workshops, eventually were adopted by the state legislature."

Because of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, several laws were passed which paved the way for our presently running System of Standards for businesses and companies to prevent situations like this tragedy from occurring again, leading to safer working conditions for everyone, increasing worker's pay, and saving thousands of lives which were at risk of the surprisingly common accidents which occurred in the previous life of a poverty-stricken worker.

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"As late as 1922, the board inspectors were still finding locked doors, obstructed fire escapes, narrow aisles, and lack of fire buckets. The board also successfully convinced employers to fund the fire drills program, and coordinated thousands of such drills in New York garment shops."

"The ILGWU renewed its efforts to help monitor conditions in factories, and co-sponsored a very successful fire warden program in New York City garment shops, which involved thousands of union members. It also included fire prevention programs in collective bargaining agreements."

"The tragedy brought back the painful memories of the Triangle fire, and many asked why this sort of accidents could still occur."

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire also ended up influencing stricter fire safety and prevention programs, and as a result made the entire country much more aware of the dangers of fire. The idea of these dangers began to creep into the minds of the public, but also the judicial system as well, causing an increase in business owners being convicted due to the unsafe working conditions and being the main reason why so many were made into martyrs; because the business owners could have prevented at least some of the deaths that occurred in the various fires that occurred in factories, not just the Triangle Factory's fire.

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Nunez R.(2007 March). Fire in the workplace: fundamental elements of prevention and protection. Best Practices pgs. 46-48.

"The fire promoted a panic among employees seeking to escape. Emergency response and medical personnel from many local communities were dispatched to the scene, and burn victims were transported to several area hospitals for treatment of burns and smoke inhalation. Traumatic stress-related disorders were also reported by many survivors. The investigation also revealed that several exit doors had been locked."

based on what I read, I feel that, because of the fire, many beneficial precautions have been taken into account to prevent an accident like this from taking place again. it is because of the fire that we now have fire escapes, fire exits, and smoke detectors. s even though many young women and children were killed and hurt by the poor management of the factory, we now have many great things to help keep more safe.

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Friedman, A and Ellis, K. ( 2011 March 21). Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: the lessons of history. Women's Wear Daily volume 201 issue 58 page 1.

"A lot has changed in the way the fashion industry does business since that seminal moment in history, which not only led to a raft of new labor laws but also galvanized the labor movement and the public to demand new health and safety, and wage and hour, laws on behalf of tens of thousands of mostly immigrant workers toiling in **factories** across the nation in the early days of the 20th century." as stated above, the labor laws that came from the tragedy gave birth to the new standards of industries. Thanks to this, health and safety is much more prominent within the factories. And not just in factories: movie theatres, restaurants, schools... they all have additional escape routes and outline the routes for easy travel to keep everyone safe.

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PR Newswire, PR Newswire US. ( 2011 February 28). Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire to Be Commemorated Tomorrow (Tuesday).

"On March 25, 1911, 146 people died in the infamous **Triangle** **Shirtwaist** **Factory** **Fire** in Greenwich Village, and on March 25, 2011, New York will further remember that day with a series of events and exhibits. Most of the victims were young, underpaid, immigrant women who worked long hours in unhealthy, unsafe conditions. The **fire** led to major changes in workplace labor and **fire** safety laws." as the info above states, even today people continue to honor those poor young women who were wronged in that fatal accident. this is because people still recognize the importance of this event. they have not been forgotten and probably won't be thanks to the great improvements future generations are continuing to make. I feel that this point is one that needs to be stressed because it is the bad things in life that keep us moving forward and this event led to a very important leap in society.