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The Triangle Fire

Alexander Grelier
2/19/19

The Triangle Fire


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Smithsonian: What you may not know about the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire
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Cornell: Remembrance and Activism United
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Frances Perkins
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Cornell: New York City events honor Triangle fire victims, focus on new activists
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CNN: Triangle Fire and workers rights
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PBS: Shirtwaist Kings

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