Triangle Fire: Calling for an Industry-Wide Strike

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Classroom Material
Keywords
1910s Garment industry Demonstrations Immigrant and women workers Worker's rights Living conditions Violence Resistance New York City
Subjects
History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Post-Secondary
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Triangle Fire: Calling for an Industry-Wide Strike

In November 1909, going against the opinions of senior male union leaders, 22-year-old garment worker Clara Lemlich rallied a packed meeting at New York’s Cooper Union to a call for a general strike against the 500 shirtwaist manufacturers in New York City. Video excerpt from American Experience: “Triangle Fire.”
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PBS Learning Media

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