I recall learning about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in grade school and not truly comprehending the severity of it and what it meant in regard to labor laws and suffrage. Learning that there was no one that was able to advocate for the workers is startling because I can put myself in their shoes. I am a twenty-four-year-old female that attends college and goes to work and if an incident were to happen, I would hope that I would be compensated, just as anyone deserves to have labor laws that are placed for their security and livelihood. Labor laws are not a luxury, they are a necessity and a basic human right as all people deserve to work in safe conditions that have their wellbeing in mind.

            The most devastating part about the suffrage of people is that these incidents are not foreign to those around the world, specifically third world countries. Witnessing the videos about the lives of those who work in the factories that are harmed due to the negligence choices of those in charge is upsetting because it brings up the point that the lives of these workers are quite literally in the palms of those who are in charge- those who seem to not value their lives either through negligence or sheer evil. The people that are at the highest risk are though who are either in poverty or do not have the means to find a job that will protect them. This is why labor laws need to be set in to place, as a means to end the suffrage of people.