This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. The fire claimed 146 lives in just eighteen minutes and brought needed attention to the deplorable conditions of sweatshops throughout the nation.
Using the Library’s subscription to America’s Historical Newspapers you can read articles written about the fire during the months that followed. America’s Historical Newspapers can be accessed from the Library’s homepage, listed under “Trial Databases.”
The Library’s collection also contains several books on the tragedy including
- Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle F128.5 .V688 2004
- Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin F128.5 .M122 2011
- The Triangle Fire by Leo Stein HD9940.U5 N717 2001
