Talking to the Girls: Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire


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"Candid and intimate accounts of the factory-worker tragedy that shaped American labor rights. On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the eighth floor of the Asch Building in Greenwich Village, New York. The top three floors housed the Triangle Waist Company, a factory where approximately 500 workers, mostly young immigrant women and girls, labored to produce fashionable cotton blouses, known as "waists." The fire killed 146 workers in a mere 15 minutes but pierced the perpetual conscience of citizens everywhere. The tragedy of the fire, and the resulting movements for change, were pivotal in shaping workers' rights and unions. This book is a collection of stories from writers, artists, activists, scholars, and family members of the Triangle workers. Nineteen contributors offer a collective testimony: a written memorial to the Triangle victims"--

Author: Edvige Giunta
Publisher: New Village Press
Published: 03/22/2022
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781613321508
ISBN10: 1613321503
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology | Urban
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Social Science | Women's Studies