The victims and legacy of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire are being remembered with a new memorial. A structure of steel is being dedicated Wednesday at the Manhattan building where the tragedy took place. It will have the names of the 146 people, mostly immigrant girls and women, who were killed when a fire started at the clothing company. In the aftermath, it became a catalyst for the rise of the labor movement. The memorial is coming to fruition during a time of increased labor acti
Fine artist Cushla Naegele visits the Triangle Shirtwaist Memorial, a day before its official ceremonial opening, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in New York. The memorial features the engraved names of 146 people, mostly immigrant girls and women, who were killed in a 1911 clothing factory fire. “I have always read about this terrible event,” said Naegele, whose latest drawings and paintings honor the spirit of “young women who leap to their deaths and burned,” in that event.
“What they will see is a memorial that tries to build into the object itself the history of the fire, a history of working women, a history of Italians and Jews, a history of tragedy, but then also a history of change,” said Mary Anne Trasciatti, a Hofstra University professor and president of the coalition.
“It really started her in her push for ‘we have to treat workers better,’” said Ileen DeVault, professor of labor history at Cornell University. One of the names on the memorial will be that of Rosie Weiner, who died in the blaze, but whose sister and fellow factory worker, Katie Weiner, made it out alive.
Bass’ mother remembered accompanying her mother as a small child to the pier where the victims’ bodies were taken after the fire.
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