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.”

YES. I only just learned about this tragedy last semester in my American Women’s History class, just as the OP suggests. 

(Source: youmightbeafeministif, via seriouslyamerica)

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   Um it wasn’t… * *Sudden realization that my US History teacher in high school was a badass.

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    Whenever I see these things, I wonder what kind of cruddy school system y’all went to. We learned about this and the...

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    And I just thought a better way of explaing this. The Triangle Shirtwaist fire is not about women’s history. It is about...

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    Obvs. Really though, I sincerely wish we did not need to pull people aside and go “Hey, guess what? Women did things in...

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    But I learned about these in AP US History. …welp, that’s the course to take, I guess.

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    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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    The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was a very significant event in American history, and it should absolutely be taught as...

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    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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    YES!! For being such an important incident in New York history that prompted new work regulations they sure don’t teach...

47. 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.

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    To be fair, I did learn about that in high school. But it was presented as a workers issue, not a female one.

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