The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was a devastating time for a lot of families after losing their loved ones due to a fire that broke out in the factory where they worked. This should have never been the case at all for this couldve been prevented if the exits did not only open inward, sprinklers were put in factories and all elevators worked. While some were lucky enough to find another way to leave others burned in the fire. Some even dived out the window so their families could have their bodies and they could be recognized. It’s sad enough that these were young women who lost their lives but seeing the conditions in which they were working under was terrible. They were overworked and underpaid while the clothing they were making was selled at a very high price. Workers made 14cents an hour while working up to 13 hrs a day. The triangle shirtwaist fire should’ve been a learning experience to all factory owners so the same thing won’t happen again. However it saddens me to say the same exact thing happened in Bangladesh at the humming factory. A fire broke out in the building which killed 29 workers and injured over 100. Workers stated how “Often management locked them exit gates during a fire so that the garments can’t be stolen.” (Triangle Returns). This showed how to them the clothes were more important than the lives of their workers which is very creul. Jasmine’s snapshot showed a worker holding up a sign saying “I don’t want to die for fashion.” It’s sad that they even have to protest this, that a human life is being put in danger all for clothes. The very ones who are working nonstop with little pay to make these clothes. 

The Equal Rights Amendment being talked about in “Virginia Just Became the 38th State to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment” promotes the equality of all regardless of gender. The fight for equal rights has been a long one which still hasn’t been fully fulfilled. However it is not easy to be fulfilled because it has a “Requirement that three-quarters of the states must approve an Amendment in order to add it to the U.S. Constitution.” (Law,1). Although plenty wanted it to be approved others like Phyllis Schlafly were against everything it stands for. She strongly believed “That the ERA would do away with much of the special status granted to women, including the right to be supported by their husbands, and would damage the traditional American family.” Not to mention “Lead to a future of gender-neutral bathrooms and women being drafted into the military, she successfully made many people think twice about what Constitutionally mandated equality of the sexes would mean.” (Law, 4). Although I fully understand her concerns I feel as if the ERA brings about more positive change than negative. We cannot pick and choose when we want things to be equal. Women want to be taken care of by their husbands yet argue that men have too much power over women. Power that women give them without even realizing it.