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Explore History's world-changing events and people. Discover history, the stories of brutal battles, dangerous rulers and adventure. Find the hidden and thought provoking treasures not found in history books. Hear the adventures and most fascinating, engaging and yet unknown figures that dramatically change the history of the world. Engage with thought provoking world history. The improbable heroes...the overrated heroes...and so much more Tell us what you think at historyoffhand@gmail.com and history pondered on Instagram, X and Threads OR on historypondered.com

  1. 5d ago

    The Triangle Factory Fire-The Disaster That Changed America

    The Triangle fire happened on March 25, 1911. It was the deadliest workplace disaster in New York for nearly a century. This wasn.t the first garment factory fire in NYC at that time. In fact the owners of the Triangle had several previous fires, almost always coinciding with then end of the fashion season, when having leftover inventory was bad for business. Several decades prior to the fire, such fire safety innovations (sprinklers, fire doors and many more) and been effectively put into action in New England cotton mills, the use of such innovations was rare in the garment factories of NYC at the time. Fires tended to get paid off by insurance, insurance brokers found ways to make money despite the fires and the political machine Tammany Hall certainly was not helping matters. Yet a series of very unlikely events made the aftermath of the Triangle Fire different. Women union organizers, such as Clara Lemlich, and politicians, such as Francis Perkins, who became the first woman US cabinet member, as Secretary of Labor, through continued hard work and resilience, were able to influence Tammany Hall help push through laws in NYC. These were laws such as child labor laws , minimum wage laws, working hours laws and the right for women to vote. These laws moved from New York onto the rest of the U.S. The high levels of corruption, grifting and graft were minimized to the extent possible, at least for the time being. #History #trianglefire #suffragists #America

    31 min
  2. May 26

    The Gwangju Uprising - The Gwangju Massacre and The Pivotal Democratic Movement

    Just a few years after the Korean War became a frozen conflict, a military coup came to power in South Korea. Nearly 20 years later, another military coup came to power. During these years, while "The Miracle of the Han River" greatly increased the industrialization and commercialization of the country- due in part as with similar "miracles" of the past- the influx of outside finance. This miracle came at a cost for many South Koreans, especially those in South Jeolla Province, where the city of Gwangju was situated at the time. Couple this with decades of alleged human rights oppression and marginalization, a seemingly routine protest and demonstration, quickly turns into something else entirely. An experience that many of the citizens found difficult to express. An experience that could not be openly expressed for years because of the continued political situation. The experience, if survived, made the nation take notice, eventually leading to the democratization of the country. A key source for this episode is the book - The Gwangju Uprising- the Pivotal Democratic Movement That Changed the History of Modern Korea, by Choi Jungwoon as translated by Yu Young-nan. The episode was also influenced by the novel- Human Acts- by Han Kang and the movie "A Taxi Driver" directed by Jang Hoon. These sources all show how ordinary people may react in the face of state v1olence Produced, researched and created by Roberto. All music by Roberto #democracy #korea #history @hankang @jangboon @choijungwoon

    42 min

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Explore History's world-changing events and people. Discover history, the stories of brutal battles, dangerous rulers and adventure. Find the hidden and thought provoking treasures not found in history books. Hear the adventures and most fascinating, engaging and yet unknown figures that dramatically change the history of the world. Engage with thought provoking world history. The improbable heroes...the overrated heroes...and so much more Tell us what you think at historyoffhand@gmail.com and history pondered on Instagram, X and Threads OR on historypondered.com