Interview with Author Kirstin Downey
Author Kirstin Downey on the labor rights activist Frances Perkins, who would go on to become the secretary of labor and the first woman in a U.S. Cabinet.
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Triangle Fire Preview
S23 E7 - 30s
On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York's Greenwich Village. By the time the fire had burned itself out, 146 people were dead. The landmark legislation that followed gave New Yorkers the most comprehensive workplace safety laws in the country.
Triangle Fire: Chapter 1
S23 E7 - 9m 31s
Watch Chapter 1 of Triangle Fire.
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