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The Triangle Fire: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture) (1st Edition) by Jo Ann Argersinger Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-312-46452-5 / 0312464525 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-46452-3 / 9780312464523 In 1911, a fire at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City claimed the lives of 146 workers, mainly young immigrant women, who either leaped to their deaths or were trapped in the blaze by locked doors and inadequate fire escapes. The tragedy brought national attention to the unsafe working cond |