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1880–1965

Frances Perkins

A reformer who witnessed the Triangle fire and later helped shape labor protections in New York and nationally.

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Witness and labor reformer

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Fire swept through the upper floors of the Triangle Waist Company near Washington Square, killing 146 workers. Many victims were young immigrant women. Inadequate exits, crowded work areas, and failures in workplace …

25 March 1911 · The Asch Building, now NYU’s Brown Building