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  • Memories of a Fatal Fire Inspire Generations of Reformers

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    Speaker Mark-Viverito at the fire commemoration (photo: @IvanLS24)


    New Yorkers Gather to Honor the Triangle Factory Dead and Rally for a Living Wage

    Dozens of cut-outs of cloth shirtwaists fluttered in the air on Wednesday outside the gray brick building near Washington Square Park. Some of the blouses were patterned, others were adorned with chantilly lace and intricate embroidery. All were affixed to wooden poles and branded with the name and age of a victim of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which occurred

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