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The twentieth century ushered in a new world filled with a dazzling array of consumer goods. For the first time in American history, fashion could be mass produced. Even the poorest immigrant girls could afford a blouse or two. But these same immigrant teens toiled away in factories in appalling working conditions. Their hard work and sacrifice lined the pockets of greedy factory owners who were almost exclusively white men. The tragic Triangle Waist Factory fire in 1911 resulted in the deaths of over a hundred young people, mostly immigrant girls, who were locked in the factory. That fire signaled a turning point in American history. This book looks at the events leading up to the fire, including a close look at how fashion and the desire for consumer goods -- driven in part by the excess of the Gilded Age -- created an unsustainable culture of greed. Told from the perspective of six young women who lived the story, this book reminds us why what we buy and how we vote really matter

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Author

Triangle Shirtwaist Company;Siefert, Christine

Publisher

Lerner Publishing Group

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781541579644

Category

history

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

3.8 / 5 (20 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14