[tuan]

This reminds me of a PBS interview I saw recently [1]. In the interview the guest, Robert Putnam, gave the example of Francis Perkins, who was having tea with friends when the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire broke out in 1911. 146 women died in the fire, and Perkins was so shocked by the tragedy that she decided to become a social reformer. She eventually became FDR's Secretary of Labor, the first woman Cabinet member in American history.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cVSR8MSJvw