Arts & Culture

Women’s Labor History Cherished; Trashed

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(WOMENSENEWS)–Church bells rang Friday in New York as the city’s notorious Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, which claimed the lives of 146 garment workers, most of them female immigrants, turned 100.
News agencies, schools and organizations throughout the city have run commemorations throughout the month and on March 27 Women’s eNews is honoring the event with a screening of a new PBS documentary about the fire.

Work

Shirtwaist Fire Leaves Work Hazards Smoldering

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A notorious fire that killed New York City female garment workers 100 years ago is good reason to remember another group of predominantly female workers–nurses–who would benefit from New York lawmakers’ passage of a safety bill this spring.