Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Part I: Before the Fire

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 History Cornell University - ILR School - The Triangle Factory Fire "Triangle Shirtwaist Factory women strike, win better wages and hours, New York, 1909 | Global Nonviolent Action Database The 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 | PBS New York Times Coverage of the Fire | American Experience | Official Site | PBS Shirtwaist Kings | American Experience | Official Site | PBS Pauline Newman: Organizer | American Experience | Official Site | PBS Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire | History.Com | A&E Television Networks History of Labor Day | U.S. Department of Labor Become an official Morbuddy: patreon.com/themorbidmuseum Follow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at themorbidmuseum@gmail.com Artwork: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod