As noted in our newsletter, yesterday was the 98th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. In 1911 approximately 500 workers were sewing shirtwaists at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company's sweatshop near Washington Square in Manhattan when a fire broke out, ultimately killing 146 garment workers who either jumped to their deaths or died from the fire. It was the largest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York.
EV Grieve spotted some makeshift memorials around town yesterday, saying, "Someone took the time to go around the neighborhood and honor the factory workers, most of whom were young immigrant women." Whatever happened to Heather Graham's plan to make a movie about the tragedy?
