The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979) - Movie

Remembering the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - The United Food & Commercial Workers International Union

Rose Freedman, Last Triangle Fire Survivor, Dies at 107

On March 25, 1911, a fire tore through the upper floors of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City. Within minutes, flames and smoke trapped workers on the eighth, ninth, and tenth floors. Exit doors had been locked. Fire ladders reached only partway up the building. One hundred forty-six people—most of them young immigrant women—died in what remains one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history. Historical records confirm that child labor was common in early 20th-century ga

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory: Born From Fire!