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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 
 On March 25, 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City killed 146 factory workers. This site, prepared "specifically to assist high school students in writing research papers from primary sources," documents this historic disaster and its aftermath with a collection of photographs, oral histories, political cartoons, audio survivor interviews, copies of original documents, articles, bibliography, and links to related online resources. http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/ Topics: Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Nov 17, 2004 Women's History
Gale Research observes Women's History Month with a timeline from 4000 B.C. to the present and biographies of several dozen women, including Joan of Arc, Sally Hemings, Mother Teresa, Indira Gandhi, Flossie Wong-Staal, and Queen Elizabeth I. Also find information on 12 significant trials, including the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the Tailhook Scandal. Includes suggestions for activities and annotated links to other resources. http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/ Topics: History, Labor, Notable People: Women, Special Months, Women Last updated Dec 2, 2008 |
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