The Triangle Shirtwaist fire centennial

March 25, 2011 By

Today is the centennial of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.

I encourage you to reflect today on all the rights union organizing, and especially women’s organizing, has since earned workers–and what we’re in the process of losing.

Filed Under: Grist for the cultural studies mill, Putting the "Public" in Public History, Tall tales and true, Whining Exhortation and Angst

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origami beetle by Emre Ayaroglu, mounted butterflies by Black Country Museums, First Lady Sarah Polk's dress and the Jefferson Bible source book by the National Museum of American History, and lionfish by Martyn Steiner, all used under Creative Commons licenses.

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