Smithsonian Magazine

Uncovering the History of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

On March 25, 1911, 146 workers perished when a fire broke out in a garment factory in New York City. For 90 years, it stood as New York's deadliest workplace disaster. Bettmann/CORBIS On March 25, ...
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Unions have long lost their Triangle Fire momentum

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On March 25, 115 years ago, my Great Aunt Fannie died in the workplace-altering Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Fannie Lansner — the 21-year-old sister of my ...
insider.si.edu

The Triangle Fire : a brief history with documents / [edited by] Jo Ann E. Argersinger, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Part One. Introduction: The fire that changed America. The garment industry and its workers ; Triangle and the "uprising of twenty thousand" ; The Triangle tragedy : grief and outrage ; "The fire that ...