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119: Women’s Suffrage & the Passage of the 19th Amendment

History That Doesn't Suck

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The History That Doesn't Si

Women and girls fall like rain from the top floors. Some tumble head over feet, some flame like human torches. All splatter on the street. The gut wrenching macob scene at the triangle shirtwaist factory fills new yorkers with outrage. These women had recently gone on strike over unsafe working conditions. They were largely ignored. Now they're dead. 100 forty six workers, 23 men and boys and 123 womenten age girlsnwelcome the history that doesn't si.

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