#OnThisDay in 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City caught fire and 146 workers died, mostly women and immigrants. This weekend on "Reel America" watch "With These Hands" (1950) - an International Ladies Garment Workers Union film which was nominated for a documentary Academy Award and includes a dramatization of the industrial disaster. https://www.c-span.org/video/?509984-1/with-hands | American History TV

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire on March 24, 1911 in New York City #disastroushistory #disasters #history #fire #NewYork | Disastrous History

On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York's Greenwich Village. The blaze killed 146 garment workers, mostly women, girls and recent immigrants, in one of the deadliest workplace accidents in American history. #WomensHistoryMonth | American Experience | PBS

On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire killed 146 workers and injured dozens more. While trying to escape the fire, the workers (most of whom were immigrant women) encountered locked doors and broken fire escapes. The tragedy brought attention to dangerous working conditions, inspiring demands for change over the following decades. In 1970, our Occupational Safety and Health Administration was established to ensure the safety and health of America's workers, and that mission is