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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory garment workers, mostly young women and teenagers, faced inhumane treatment and conditions, exacerbated by the greed and neglect of their employers. Unbeknownst to them, this mid-rise building in Manhattan, designed to maximize efficiency, was a death trap."THE TRIANGLE FIRE AND THE LIMITS OF PROGRESSIVISM," A Dissertation Presented by FRANCES B. JENSEN, Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY May 1996 Department of HistoryCornell University - ILR School - The Triangle Factory Fire"Triangle Shirtwaist Factory women strike, win better wages and hours, New York, 1909 | Global Nonviolent Action DatabaseThe Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the Origins of International Women’s Day | Barbara's Bookstore"The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: Difficult lessons learned on fire codes and safety" by Stephen Jones | Building Safety Journal | MARCH 22ND, 2021 Triangle Fire | American Experience Season 23, Episode 6 | PBSNew York Times Coverage of the Fire | American Experience | Official Site | PBSShirtwaist Kings | American Experience | Official Site | PBSPauline Newman: Organizer | American Experience | Official Site | PBSTriangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire | History.Com | A&E Television NetworksHistory of Labor Day | U.S. Department of LaborBecome an official Morbuddy: patreon.com/themorbidmuseum Follow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at
