Triangle

Just taking a moment to commemorate the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire that killed 146 mostly immigrant, most of them female, garment workers in New York City today in 1911. The Triangle Fire was the first bit of women’s history that I learned formally and concretely, walked through the steps of class and gender discrimination in an educational setting. It was high school and we had a semester of Women’s Studies. It opened my eyes to a lot of things and I still find the story fascinating. When I went on to Michigan State I had to take a writing test for honors English and we could choose any subject we wished. I wrote about Triangle and was placed in honors English, which later became my degree. I have a minor in Women’s Studies as well.

A moment of silence for the many lives lost to injustice.