Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Department of Labor The Triangle shirtwaist factory fire that claimed the lives of 146 workers – most of them young, female immigrants – exposed a pervasive disregard for certain types of workers that continues to this day in the form of discrimination based on gender, race, and socioeconomic and immigration status
OF SHIRTWAISTS THE MODERN WOMAN OF SHIRTWAISTS THE MODERN WOMAN women at the turn of the century Worn with a long skirt, the shirtwaist February 18, 2014 was one of the first s parates worn by the modern woman Chang
ECONOMIC RIGHTS I AM A WORKING GIRL!: Upheaval in the Garment . . . Through viewing photographs, excerpts from documents, paintings, and speeches, students will learn about the strike by shirtwaist workers in 1909 and a devastating fire in 1911 that transformed New York City’s labor movement
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Is Anyone to be . . . In this History Lab, students will analyze documents related to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire to determine who was responsible for the fatalities that resulted In doing so, students will: Examine industrial working conditions at the turn of the century
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: Grade Level 11-12 With focus on the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire tragedy, this lesson is intended to broaden students’ understanding of the roots of effective female activism and the reactive nature of American labor laws
Photojournalism, Visual Culture, and the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire T wo visually spectacular events highlight the history of working-class female labor in Progressive Era America The first of these, the great Shirtwaist Strike, lasted almost three months, officially from November 22, 1909, until February 15, 1910
The Triangle Factory Fire - Classroom History Plays In the early 20th cen-tury, the height of women's fashion was a tailored blouse called a shirtwaist At the same time, new machinery, along with cheap and plentiful labor, made it possible for factories to manufac-ture huge numbers of shirtwaists and other "ready-made" clothing