 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1910 Perkins akawana mukurumbira munyika yose somukuru wehofisi yeNew York yeNational Consumers League uye akakurudzira nesimba kuti maawa okushanda nemamiriro ezvinhu ave nani. Akadzidzisawo somupurofesa wezvemagariro evanhu paAdelphi College. Gore rakatevera racho, akaona moto unosuruvarisa weTriangle Shirtwaist Factory, chiitiko chinokosha muupenyu hwake. Fekitari yacho yaishanda mazana evashandi, zvikurukuru vakadzi vaduku, asi yakanga isina masitepisi okudzivirira moto. Apo chivako chacho chakatanga kupisa, vashandi vakawanda vakaedza kutiza nepamahwindo asi havana kubudirira. Gore rakanga rapfuura, vakadzi nevasikana ivavo vakanga varwira uye vakunda maawa 54 okushanda pavhiki nezvimwe zvikomborero zvakanga zvakatsigirwa naPerkins. Vashandi zana namakumi mana navatanhatu vakafa. Perkins akapomera mutemo usina hanya nokuda kwokurasikirwa. 