Reflection 7

This week’s topic is a very relevant discussion, still having to do with suffrage of people. Before reading this I never knew about The Triangle Shirt Factory fire and how it leads to the labor rights movements.  One thing I am Aware of is modern day Slavery Witch is being labored in the working class for amount that’s not worth it or doing lots of work that’s beneficial for others but not getting the credit deserved for it. In the two videos the professor asked us to watch It broke down and showed me why the triangle Shirt Factory fire was a very devastating event. If the building that the workers were working in was in better condition & had safe procedures planned in case of energies like this, things wouldn’t have ended like that.  A total of 142 people died because of a fire that took place in the sweatshop. When the fire happened in the sweat shop they tried to stop and escape the scenario, but resources were scarce and limited leading to people dying inside or jumping out the building. Things like this cause people to feel furious and fight for better working conditions like they did on 1911 April 5. Further on the discussion of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) came into the picture Era is an amendment the U.S created to grant for equal and legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex.  A couple years after the ratification of the 19th amendment. This helped women in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other matters. As also stated, this isn’t something available everywhere. But should be, places like Virginia became the 38th state to vote to try and ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Showing how we are almost their only if we stand up and support it.

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