On March 25, 1911, 146 garment workers — mostly young, immigrant women — lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City.... A Somber Centennial For The Triangle Factory Fire The ...

As the lights fade to black and solemnity pervades the theater, El Dorado High School transports the audience to the Asch Building: site of the most infamous industrial accident in Manhattan’s history ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Except, well, not all workers — and not everywhere. Despite its historical significance, the circumstances of the Triangle ...

108 years ago, 146 workers were killed — some as young as 13 — in a horrific factory fire that help change American economic history. The dead included my Great Aunt Fannie. Fire hoses spray water on ...

For the workers of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, the day begins like any other. Skirts are rustling and spirits are high. But with one spark, the demand for workers rights and women’s suffrage ...

The oldest victim was 43-year-old Providenza Panno, who was born in Italy and lived in the United States for six years at the time of her death, notes Cornell University. The two youngest victims, ...

To Michael Hirsch, the desecration of hundreds of graves was a shanda, a shame, a ghoulish crime. He wanted to do something about it. By Maria Cramer Responses to an essay about Nazi objects from ...

Among the volunteers who joined a sewing circle to remember the victims of the Triangle Waist Company fire 100 years ago, the talk around the table jumped from details of the historic blaze to an ...

They were young women, some just teenagers, working long hours, six days a week, for a few dollars’ pay, in a New York City factory sewing shirtwaists — high-necked cotton blouses that were all the ...

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