Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
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Culture How a new generation of labor organizers is using the legacy of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire
A long-awaited memorial opens in New York as high-profile unionization campaigns at companies like Amazon and Starbucks stoke interest in labor history
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Opinion Brave Jewish women inspired me to start the 9-5 movement
Before working women's activism was a movement, Yiddish-speaking women led the charge for worker's rights
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Culture How Ted Cruz’s bizarre suggestion made ‘Triangle Shirtwaist Elementary’ a thing.
The Texas senator said that fewer doors could have prevented the massacre in Texas; Twitter responded with memories of the 1911 tragedy
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Culture A guide to the Forverts archival coverage of the Triangle Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire was one of the worst industrial tragedies in America. On the eve of its 110th anniversary, read reporting published in the Yiddish-language Forverts in the aftermath of the deadly fire. Articles were translated by Chana Pollack, Ezra Glinter and Myra Mniewski. March 26, 1911 Our Ghastly Devastation One day after…
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Opinion Thank You Elizabeth Warren, For Bringing Our History To Today’s Debate
Crowds piled in to Washington Square Park in New York City’s shtetl of Greenwich Village Monday night to hear Senator Elizabeth Warren’s plan to set this country on a more just path. In outlining some of her anti-corruption ideals, listeners found the presidential candidate framing her contemporary governance wish-list within a historic context: The Triangle…
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Fast Forward Warren Cites Lessons Of Triangle Shirtwaist Fire In Her Largest Rally Ever
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire lives on — in the political rhetoric of Elizabeth Warren. On Monday evening, Warren held a 20,000-strong rally — her largest of the campaign — in New York City’s Washington Square Park, just two blocks from where the fire occurred 108 years ago. It remains one of the deadliest industrial…
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Culture The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: What Happened?
On March 25, 1911, a rag bin caught fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City, killing 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women — and exposing the unsafe, exploitive working conditions that led to their demise. The industrial tragedy is remembered as one of the worst in American history. In the early 20th…
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Culture The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: How It Was Covered Through The Years
When the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire broke out on March 25, 1911, the Forward was on the scene. For days it dominated the news — 146 workers, mostly Jewish and Italian immigrant women perished in the fire, still known today as one of the worst industrial tragedies in America. The coverage was abundant in the…
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