The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 and Its Lasting Legacy

EPISODE NOTES: The shirtwaist emerged in the mid-late nineteenth century. It soon became a symbol of the modern working woman, and by the early twentieth century, shirtwaists were mass manufactured and widely available. However, this would come at a devastating cost to the workers (mostly women) who produced them. On the afternoon of March 25, 1911, fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City. This would go down in history as one of the worst industrial disasters in American history and its impact would be felt more than a century later. If you would like, you can support us at:https://www.patreon.com/historyunhemmedhttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historyunhemmed Drop us a line at [email protected] and/or follow us on social media:Instagram: @history_unhemmedFacebook: History Unhemmed   Thank you! <3 RESOURCES: Bader, Bonnie. East Side Story. New York: Silver Moon Press, 1993. Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire. Online exhibition: http://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/ Dash, Joan. We Shall Not Be Moved: The Women's Factory Strike of 1909. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1996. De Angelis, Gina. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire of 1911. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2001. Greene, Jacqueline Dembar. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bearport Publishing, 2007. Gunderson, Jessica. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Mankato, Minnesota: Capstone Press, 2006. Naden, Corinne J. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, March 25, 1911: The Blaze that Changed an Industry. New York: Franklin Watts, 1971.  Sachar, Howard M. A History of the Jews in America. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1992 Sherrow, Victoria. The Triangle Factory Fire. Brookfield, Connecticut: The Millbrook Press, 1995. Wertheimer, Barbara M. We Were There: The Story of Working Women in America. New York: Pantheon Books, 1997.