Pauline Newman: A Worker Recalls Her Time at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

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Pauline Newman:A Worker Recalls Her Time at theTriangle Shirtwaist Factory
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https://doi.org/10.3735/9781961844025.book-part-110

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Abstract

In 1902, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was located on the eighth, ninth, and tenth floors of the Asch building in Greenwich Village, New York City. Thecompany manufactured women’s blouses and employed approximately 500 employees. The workers were primarily young Jewish and Italian immigrant women and girls, some in their early teen years. The factory owners were known for exploiting their workers. They required workers to labor six days a week for low wages and in an unsafe building. They oppressively watched workers and locked factory doors to keep union organizers out.

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