Provides a detailed account of the disastrous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 garment workers in 1911, and examines the impact of this event on the nation's working conditions and labor laws.
"Political Mourning examines four case studies-the Triangle Fire, Emmett Till's murder, the attacks of September 11th, and the Black Lives Matter movement-to shed light on moments when everyday people died, when their deaths were the basis of calls for political change, and when…
"Political Mourning examines four case studies-the Triangle Fire, Emmett Till's murder, the attacks of September 11th, and the Black Lives Matter movement-to shed light on moments when everyday people died, when their deaths were the basis of calls for political change, and when…
Examines the fire on March 2, 1911 that devastated New York's Triangle Shirtwaist Company that left 146 people dead because the ladders of the firefighters weren't long enough to reach the workers, resulting in many people jumping to their deaths to avoid the flames and includes…
"On March 25, 1911, as workers were getting ready to leave for the day, a fire broke out in the Triangle shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village. Within minutes it spread to consume the building's upper three stories. Firemen who arrived at the scene were unable to re…
Describes events at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, which caught fire in 1911 killing 146 people and brought new laws to provide worker safety.
"On March 25, 1911, as workers were getting ready to leave for the day, a fire broke out in the Triangle shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village. Within minutes it spread to consume the building's upper three stories. Firemen who arrived at the scene were unable to re…
"On March 25, 1911, as workers were getting ready to leave for the day, a fire broke out in the Triangle shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village. Within minutes it spread to consume the building's upper three stories. Firemen who arrived at the scene were unable to re…
Describes the 1911 fire that destroyed the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village, the deaths of 146 workers in the fire, and the implications of the catastrophe for twentieth-century politics and labor relations.