Today marks the 111 anniversary of the horrific Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
Overall, there were 146 victims of the fire, most of them young immigrant women. Though the fire itself was likely an accident, the circumstances which led to the deaths of these victims were borne from a combination of negligence, corruption, and exploitation on the part of those in power. As such, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire remains a tragic but highly important episode in U.S. labor history (More HERE)
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