The tragic story of the fire occurring at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company was very compelling because it brought attention to the events leading up to the fire. The working conditions for women during the Progressive Era were awful and didn’t actually ensure the safety and proper After the fire, the story rapidly spread inspiring hundreds of activists across the state and the U.S. to push for very much needed fundamental reforms.
Many of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory workers were young women, as young as age 10, worked seven days a week from 7a.m to 8p.m. with only a half-hour lunch break. Even during their busy season, the women worked non-stop and were only paid $2.00 a day at most. At times, they were required to bring their…
A couple wealthy progressive women like Anne Morgan, daughter of J.P. Morgan who was a powerful banker during the Gilded Age, and Alva Belmont, whose first husband William Vanderbilt was a great american businessman of the railroad system during the Gilded Age, believed that all women both rich and poor would be treated better if women had the right to vote. From the Gilded Age, women had been working for years to expand their rights and being able to work in public. Once women were offered jobs including garment factories, they began to push for more public rights such as voting. The coalition of the wealthy suffragists and shirtwaist strikers quickly gained momentum and publicity. 15,000 shirtwaist makers in Philadelphia went on strike, and even some replacement workers at the Triangle factory joined the strike eventually shutting the business down.
Woman have been pushing for better rights opportunities starting from the end of the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era and to this day. Many women have experienced many tragedies from the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire to getting beat up by thugs while on strike supporting their rights as strong, independent women of the United States of America.The coalition of women on strike after the fire started the fire of determination. Women will continue to stand up for what they think is socially, economically, and politically…