The Future of America's Past
The Fire of a Movement
8/8/2019 | 27m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
In 1911, a factory in New York City burst into flames and 146 workers perished.
On March 25, 1911, New York City’s Triangle Shirtwaist Factory burst into flames, and 146 workers — nearly all young women, many of them teenage immigrants — perished. We visit the building and learn how public outcry inspired workplace safety laws that revolutionized industrial work nationwide. Descendants and activists show us how that work reverberates today.
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The Future of America's Past is a local public television program presented by VPM
The Future of America's Past
The Fire of a Movement
8/8/2019 | 27m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
On March 25, 1911, New York City’s Triangle Shirtwaist Factory burst into flames, and 146 workers — nearly all young women, many of them teenage immigrants — perished. We visit the building and learn how public outcry inspired workplace safety laws that revolutionized industrial work nationwide. Descendants and activists show us how that work reverberates today.
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