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Memorial honors 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire deaths that galvanized US labor movement
Associated Press via AOL· 8 months agoIf people really looked for history at the New York City building where the Triangle Shirtwaist...
Is The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Women's Roman Empire?
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThis photo shows the aftermath of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911. Over the last week...
A memorial in Yiddish, Italian and English tells the stories of Triangle Shirtwaist fire victims −...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoVictims' names engraved in a metal overhang, part of the Triangle Shirtwaist Memorial, are reflected...
A blaze that sparked a movement: New Yorkers remember workers who died in 1911′s Triangle Shirtwaist...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDescendants of workers who perished 112 years ago in one of the city’s worst fires gathered at the site on Friday to remember the victims of a blaze now credited for sparking a labor reform ...
Binding Agreements Bring Change. So Why Aren’t US Brands Signing Them?
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThere’s a kinship among garment workers that transcends space—and time, for that matter. Nazma...
In 1971, 29 people died in an explosion in Georgia. 52 years later, their story is being told
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJust after 10:53 a.m. on Feb. 3, 1971, the ground trembled in the small city of Woodbine, Georgia....
'The day that shook Georgia': Residents of Woodbine remember Thiokol explosion 53 years later
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFifty-three years ago, the ground quaked in Woodbine, Georgia. The sound was unmistakable and the...
Schuylkill Haven, Cressona companies ready to host 69th Schuylkill County Volunteer Firefighters...
Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa. via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoAug. 18—The 69th Schuylkill County Volunteer Firefighters Convention begins Sunday with a memorial service honoring the legacy of three men who defined what it means to be a volunteer firefighter ...
Who is American? Skirball exhibition in L.A. answers the question with quilts
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen the exhibition “Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories” debuted at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston a year ago, its mission was clear: “to upend the notion of what a quilt is.” That’s ...