The Triangle Fire and a Lifetime of Union Service
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The Triangle Fire and a Lifetime of Union ServiceDescription
An interview with Pauline Newman, survivor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire and her experience as an organizer for the International Ladies Garment Worker Union.Context
Anna Quindlen is Pulitzer Prize winning an author and journalist. Quindlen interviews Pauline Newman, a New York immigrant woman from Lithuania who was a worker at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, where she experienced first-hand one of the deadliest industrial disasters, which killed 143 workers who were mainly young women who recently emigrated to the United States.Category
Public Relations, History, Women
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