[4D] Ruins / Immigration Analysis
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"After The Fire" and "View of Ruins" show the rubble and ruins left in the wake of the fire - there were no sprinklers, no fire drill, and only exterior fire escape, which broke during the fire.
The women's movement was divided over how best to resolve workplace safety issues. Some women trade unionists stood by the unionist view that workplace problems were best dealt with through union-employer workplace agreements, whilst others - particularly suffragettes - argued that lobbying for state and federal level legislation would be more effective in the long run.
In 1911 dissent remained, but the supporters of legislation had already begun to take the upper hand in organisations such as the Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) and International Ladies' Garment Union (ILGWU). The State Factory Investigation Committee set up after the Triangle Fire and resulted in the passing of stricter legislature, further convincing the legislators that they were right. Although both organisations had an avowed commitment to the cause of unionisation and supporting strikes, by World War I the bulk of their time and effort was spent on the campaign for protective legislation.