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The victims of the fire were predominantly women and girls, trapped inside by a door locked by the building's owner.NEW YORK — If people really looked for history at the New York City building where the Triangle Shirtwaist factory once existed, they could find it. There are plaques pointing out that it was the site ofSo after years of effort, the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition on Wednesday is dedicating a new memorial that has no chance of being overlooked.
“What they will see is a memorial that tries to build into the object itself the history of the fire, a history of working women, a history of Italians and Jews, a history of tragedy, but then also a history of change,” said Mary Anne Trasciatti, a Hofstra University professor and president of the coalition.
“It really started her in her push for ‘we have to treat workers better,’” said Ileen DeVault, professor of labor history at Cornell University. One of the names on the memorial will be that of Rosie Weiner, who died in the blaze, but whose sister and fellow factory worker, Katie Weiner, made it out alive.
Bass’ mother remembered accompanying her mother as a small child to the pier where the victims' bodies were taken after the fire.
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Memorial honors 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire deaths that galvanized US labor movementThe victims and legacy of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire are being remembered with a new memorial
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Memorial honors 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire deaths that galvanized US labor movementThe victims and legacy of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire are being remembered with a new memorial
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Memorial honors 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire deaths that galvanized US labor movementThe victims and legacy of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire are being remembered with a new memorial. A structure of steel is being dedicated Wednesday at the Manhattan building where the tragedy took place. It will have the names of the 146 people, mostly immigrant girls and women, who were killed when a fire started at the clothing company. In the aftermath, it became a catalyst for the rise of the labor movement. The memorial is coming to fruition during a time of increased labor acti
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Memorial honors 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire deaths that galvanized US labor movementThe victims and legacy of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire are being remembered with a new memorial.
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Memorial honors 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire deaths that galvanized US labor movementThe victims and legacy of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire are being remembered with a new memorial.
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Memorial honors 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire deaths that galvanized US labor movementThe victims and legacy of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire are being remembered with a new memorial.
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