Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Part II: From Tragedy Comes Change

The Morbid Museum

What began as a small bin fire on the 8th floor of an unsafe factory, would end in the tragic and untimely death of 146 workers. Sorrow turned to outrage, and this tragedy would push sweeping labor reform throughout the United States, inspiring the New Deal and other pieces of progressive legislation that still inform our labor rights today. 

  • American Experience: Triangle Fire | PBS
  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire | History.Com
  • "The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: Difficult lessons learned on fire codes and safety" MARCH 22ND, 2021 by Stephen Jones | Building Safety Journal
  • New York Times Coverage of the Fire | American Experience | Official Site | PBS
  • "The Story of Us - Triangle Shirtwaist Fire" - Produced and Created by The History Channel
  • The Memorial – Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition Official Website
  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Trial Testimony
  • "How the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire transformed labor laws and protected workers’ health" | PBS NewsHour
  • "Traces of an American Tragedy: Inside the Former Triangle Shirtwaist Factory" Mar 19, 2015 Eileen Reynolds Mar 19, 2015 NYU.EDU
  • "Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire" by Cornell University

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Artwork: Brittany Schall

Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod

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