The triangle shirtwaist factory fire was a very horrible thing that happened which ended up killing 144 workers out of 500. This incident was a very sad but interesting thing to hear about. It is really heartbreaking to hear about the conditions the workers had to work in just to get paid very low wages. It is even sadder knowing that they went to work trying to get money to survive but ending up dying because the building they were working in was horrible and not safe to work in at all. 

It breaks my heart to know that if the factory managers kept the exit doors unlocked that could have saved so many people’s lives. It is tragic to know that all those people who couldn’t get out had no option but to either jump to their deaths, be burned to death or from smoke inhalation. 

It rages me to know that the factory owners were found not guilty because they should be held responsible. I know they didn’t start the fire but they had all of those workers working in that unstable building and should be responsible for what happens to them while on the job. They could have prevented all of this if they actually kept up with their building maintenance. 

In the video Triangle returns, we hear about a similar situation just like the triangle shirtwaist factory fire that happened at the hummin factory in Bangladesh. Like the workers of the triangle factory, the workers were trapped because the exit doors were locked and many had to jump off of the 11 story building. 

Hearing that this happened 3 months shy of the 100th anniversary of the triangle factory, when you would think factory conditions would have improved for the safety of the workers and things would have not ended up the same way is really sad. But it is even sadder that they were getting paid less than the workers of the triangle factory. And to hear that as they were jumping out of the building, people thought their bodys were clothing and not people falling to their deaths is so heartbreaking. 

In “virgins just became the 38th state to pass the equal rights amendment. Here’s what to know about the history of the ERA”, talks about how Virginia became the most recent state to vote to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment which could

Impact women rights in a big way because it could help strike down the laws that restrict access to abortions or could strengthen the legal basis for combating violence against women, pay equality and maternity leave. To me this is something that should have happened because women deserve all of those. Although in today’s society women are pretty equal to men but there are a lot of things like abortion bans that still take place today

I really enjoyed Samantha Martinez’s snapshot because I feel like it pays a tribute to those women who lost their lives by jumping out of the burning building.