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The 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York killed 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women, and galvanized the U.S. labor movement. Skip to content Skip to site index.
On Wednesday, a new memorial to the 146 victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire will be dedicated in Greenwich Village at the site of the tragedy, a landmarked 10-story neo ...
In 1911, 146 people, mostly women and girls, died in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City after locked doors and a collapsed fire escape prevented them from fleeing their ...