Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Subtitle: flames of labor reform
By: Michelle M. Houle.
Series: American disasters
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911 -- Juvenile literature.; Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911.; Clothing factories -- New York (State) -- New York -- Safety measures -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.; Labor laws and legislation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.; Industrial safety -- History.; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Discusses the 1911 fire that killed 146 New York garment factory workers, the conditions that led up to it, and some of the legislation that came about to prevent the occurrence of similar disasters.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.