Dear America: Hear My Sorrow, The Diary of Angela Denoto, A Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909
Hear My Sorrow tells the story of the 1909 strike of young shirtwaist workers, the "Uprising of the Twenty Thousand", as well as the Triangle Factory Fire, from the point of view of a young Italian immigrant. Here are some further links and resources:
The Triangle Factory Fire
The Kheel Center at Cornell University has the best Internet website on the disaster on March 25, 1911.
Kheel Center Bibliography for Young Readers
NPR Triangle Factory Story
Triangle Factory Fire Archival Photos
Garment Workers: The Fight for Labor Rights
Lyrics to Labor Song: Uprising of the Twenty Thousand
Uprising of the Twenty Thousand: Harvard University site
ILGWU and Garment Workers Strike
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