Tuesday 8 March 2011
Today is International women's day, so I decided to share with you a little bit of history about this day.
Keep enjoying your vacations!
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York and resulted in the fourth highest loss of life from an industrial accident in U.S. history. The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers, who either died from the fire or jumped to their deaths. Most of the victims were recent immigrant Jewish women aged sixteen to twenty-three. Many of the workers could not escape the burning building because the managers had locked the doors to the stairwells and exits. People jumped from the eighth, ninth, and tenth floors. The fire led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, which fought for better working conditions for sweatshop workers. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was located in the Asch Building, now known as the Brown Building of Science, a New York University facility. It has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a New York City landmark. The picture above shows the building today.
The following video is about what still happens today to women, wich I find just inexplicable.
Raquel Moreira 12ºB
1 comentários:
Dear Raquel
I was going to post something on this important day, but gladly you had already done it. yes, we need to call people's attention about cases such as the one of Mzuri Issa a woman from zanzibar who's fighting against the humiliation and violence against women. They don't even have the status of citizens.
Thanks a lot for the post
prof. lígia
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