Question: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911 was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in US history.  The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers – 123 women and 23 men – who died from the fire, smoke inhalation, or falling or jumping to their deaths.  Most of the victims were recent Italian and Jewish immigrant women aged 16 to 23; of the victims whose ages are known, the oldest victim was Providenza Panno at 43, and the youngest were 14-year-olds Kate Leone and "Sara" Rosaria Maltese.

Helen Marot: Helen Marot (June 9, 1865 – June 3, 1940) was an American writer, librarian, and labor organizer.  She is best remembered for her efforts to address child labor and improve the working conditions of women.  She was from Philadelphia and became active in investigating working conditions among children and women.  As a librarian, she worked at several important institutions and helped organize the Free Library of Economics and Political Science in 1897.  Marot was a member of the Women's Trade Union League.  She later organized the Bookkeepers, Stenographers and Accountants Union in New York.  In 1912, she was part of a commission that investigated the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.  She was an active writer and her articles about the labor movement appeared in many periodicals of the day.

Rhinelander Waldo: Rhinelander Waldo (May 24, 1877 – August 13, 1927) was appointed the seventh New York City Fire Commissioner by Mayor William Jay Gaynor on January 13, 1910.  He resigned on May 23, 1911, less than two months after the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire to accept an appointment as the eighth New York City Police Commissioner.  On December 31, 1913, he was dismissed by the outgoing acting mayor, Ardolph Kline.  Among other achievements in office, Waldo contributed to the motorization of both departments.

1913 Binghamton Factory fire: The 1913 Binghamton factory fire occurred on July 22, 1913, on the premises of the Binghamton Clothing Company, in Binghamton, New York.  It destroyed the Wall Street building in less than 20 minutes, killing 31 of the more than 100 people inside.  Though not as deadly as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911, it put even more pressure on New York officials to strengthen life safety codes, increase funding for more inspectors, and increase penalties for violations.

Dear America: Dear America is a series of historical fiction novels for older girls published by Scholastic in 1996.  The series was cancelled in 2004 with its final release, "Hear My Sorrow".  However, it was relaunched in the fall of 2010.  Each book is written in the form of a diary of a young woman's life during important events or time periods in American history.  The Dear America series covers a wide range of topics, including: the Pilgrims' journey to the New World, the Salem Witch Trials, the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, western expansion, slavery, immigration, nineteenth-century prairie life, the California Gold Rush of 1849, the Great Depression, Native Americans' experiences, racism, coal mining, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the fight for women's suffrage, the sinking of the RMS "Titanic", the Battle of the Alamo, the Vietnam War, and more.  The breadth of historical topics covered in these books through fiction makes the Dear America series a favorite teaching device of history schoolteachers around the country.  The re-launch series and releases contain a new cover style and different pictures of the main characters then those of the original releases.  Originally all the books had a ribbon inserted as a bookmarks for the books but were removed in the later releases.  Several of the stories were filmed and released on videotape.  There is also a televised adaptation on Qubo.

The Eternal Grind: The Eternal Grind is a 1916 silent drama film directed by John B. O'Brien, and starring Mary Pickford.  The film is inspired by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which took place in 1911.

Mount Zion Cemetery (New York City): Mount Zion Cemetery is a very large Jewish cemetery located in the Maspeth neighborhood of Queens, one of the five boroughs of New York City.  The first burial was in 1893, and as of 2015, more than 210,000 individuals had been buried there.  It is noted for its memorial to those who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.

Kader Toy Factory fire: The Kader Toy Factory fire occurred on 10 May 1993 at a factory in Thailand.  It is considered the worst industrial factory fire in history.  188 people were killed, and over 500 were seriously injured.  Most of the victims were young female workers from rural families.  More people were killed than in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire; despite this, the incident received little media attention outside Thailand.  The factory was owned by the Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, a Thai transnational corporation and one of Asia's largest agribusiness firms.

Paola Corso: Paola Corso (May 28, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American fiction writer, poet, and essayist.  Corso is a New York Foundation for the Arts Poetry Fellow and Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award Winner, and is the author of "Catina’s Haircut: A Novel in Stories" (2010) on Library Journal’s notable list of first novels, "Giovanna’s 86 Circles And Other Stories" (2005), a Binghamton University's John Gardner Fiction Book Award Finalist, a book of poems, "Death by Renaissance" (2004), and newly released poetry collections, "The Laundress Catches Her Breath" and "Once I Was Told the Air Was Not for Breathing" (2012), about Pittsburgh steelworkers and garment workers in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.

New York shirtwaist strike of 1909: The New York shirtwaist strike of 1909, also known as the Uprising of the 20,000, was a labor strike primarily involving Jewish women working in New York shirtwaist factories.  Led by Clara Lemlich and the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, and supported by the National Women's Trade Union League of America (NWTUL), the strike began in November 1909.  In February 1910, the NWTUL settled with the factory owners, gaining improved wages, working conditions, and hours.  The end of the strike was followed only a year later by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, which exposed the plight of immigrant women working in dangerous and difficult conditions.

Supporting paragraphs: 1913 Binghamton Factory fire Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Answer: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire