Mav, could you tell me how this question originated and how you came to identify with this particular woman? I find the whole thing very interesting.
I am quite sure I died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, though. I remember studying this briefly in grammer school, and I was horrified of the idea of being locked in a burning building...I obsessed about it at night, asking my parents if we had proper escape routes, etc. I really didn't like History that year, so it was quite unusual for me to become emotionally involved with a topic that was only mentioned briefly in passing. Many years later, I was attending my best friend's sleepover party and in attendance was someone who had quite a natural gift with the Ouija board...I know this isn't the most accurate of things, but it revealed that I died in a Triangle "Circle" Factory (that's how I always remembered the name, and I immediately recalled that history lesson). Supposedly my name was Bertha, so I checked out a list of victims to see if a name sounded similar to mine. Indeed, there was a woman named Bertha Zeltner--my name is Beth Ellen--a great match I think.
In case anyone is curious, you can find the list of victims here. I'm the very last one on the bottom of the page:
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/proj...evictims2.html
And there is something else I forgot to mention before, a very interesting synchronicity that still disconcerts me slightly...
While I was researching possible past life connections, particularly the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, I stumbled upon a link for a TV special about psychics. This detailed a particularly talented man who would be led into an unidentified place--blindfolded--and give his impressions of what had happened there. Indeed, he was to be led to the site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory...and the show would be airing at 8 o'clock THAT NIGHT! I was extremely excited at first, but then I realized I had a music rehearsal at that time and would have to miss it. Ah, but wait! I received an unexpected phone call a few hours later informing me that the rehearsal was canceled for the night!
My eyes are unexpectedly filling with tears as I recall the moment the psychic was giving his impressions and describing what had happened in the particular building he was in...I felt this flood of emotion, I was almost jumping out of my chair thinking, Yes, that's exactly what happened! Unfortunately, the experience did not conjure any exact memories in my mind's eye, but the feelings were there. Not fear, though it was truly a terrible event, but pride. I felt so proud that I had been a part of something so great, had given my life in order for reforms to be made in the labor movement. There is no doubt in my mind that I was present during the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire...whether that was in physical body or spirit makes little difference. Of this I am certain, no matter what my chart may reveal.