• 16th January
    2012
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You might be a feminist if you believe the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and aftermath should be taught in schools and not relegated to women’s history courses or “months.” I did learn about this in high school in regular old history class. :) I had a good teacher.

You might be a feminist if you believe the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and aftermath should be taught in schools and not relegated to women’s history courses or “months.”

I did learn about this in high school in regular old history class. :) I had a good teacher.

(Source: youmightbeafeministif)

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  5. intrepidstranger reblogged this from biddypunk and added:
    Um it wasn’t… * *Sudden realization that my US History teacher in high school was a badass.
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  12. cave-fatuam reblogged this from barbeauxbot and added:
    Whenever I see these things, I wonder what kind of cruddy school system y’all went to. We learned about this and the...
  13. valthehistorian reblogged this from barbeauxbot and added:
    And I just thought a better way of explaing this. The Triangle Shirtwaist fire is not about women’s history. It is about...
  14. weirdoqueen reblogged this from barbeauxbot and added:
    But I learned about these in AP US History. …welp, that’s the course to take, I guess.
  15. barbeauxbot reblogged this from valthehistorian and added:
    Yeah but that would involve teaching not only about women’s history but also about the history of the labor movement and...
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  22. subdivo reblogged this from seriouslyamerica and added:
    YES. I only just learned about this tragedy last semester in my American Women’s History class, just as the OP suggests.
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  28. subculturalxgirlstrikesback reblogged this from youmightbeafeministif and added:
    YES!! For being such an important incident in New York history that prompted new work regulations they sure don’t teach...
  29. jeannicole89 reblogged this from youmightbeafeministif and added:
    I did learn about this in high school in regular old history class. :) I had a good teacher.
  30. ohthatsgrand reblogged this from obscureabyss867
  31. twilightfades reblogged this from youmightbeafeministif and added:
    To be fair, I did learn about that in high school. But it was presented as a workers issue, not a female one.
  32. sheheartsthings reblogged this from sharibear and added:
    Nope. Had to Google it. Unless I just don’t remember being taught this. But I feel I would.