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Stripping the Context from the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

March 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

By Arthur Alpert Once upon a time, in an age of laissez-faire, there erupted a horrible fire in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. The sweatshops at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory burned, killing 146 workers, all immigrants (Italian, Jews from East Europe) and almost all (129) women, of whom the youngest was 14. The historic events of March [...]

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