As a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, activists kept their memories alive by encouraging local and state officials to take action in the interest of building and worker safety. Three months later, Governor John Alden Dix of New York signed legislation enabling the Factory Investigating Committee, which led to the passage of eight further laws addressing fire safety, factory inspection, cleanliness, and women’s and children’s work rights. What was formerly a filthy and hazardous environment packed with dangerous equipment and, prior to the passage of child labor regulations, little children, American factories and offices are today significantly safer than they were only a century ago.