Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
(Read the full article posted on the NY Times website 22 March 2011)
 Clara Lemlich International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union Archives/Kheel Center @Cornell University "It was at Cooper Union on Nov. 22, 1909, that Ms. Lemlich, at age 23, electrified the American labor movement by demanding a chance to speak at a meeting of thousands of women who made shirtwaists. They worked six and seven days a week for weekly wages of about $5, jammed into dim lofts and the backs of stores. The garment union was led by men who were more interested in the men working in the higher-paid jobs, writing off the women as hard to organize and unwilling to stick out a strike."  Michael Kirby Smith for The New York Times Raymond Ott, a fire marshal who watched the Sept. 11 attacks unfold, holding a photo of his grandfather, Andrew. Years earlier,Andrew Ott, a firefighter, witnessed another tragedy: the 1911 Triangle factory fire. |
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