Table of Contents

Foreword to the Centennial Edition By Michael Hirsch Introduction to the 2001 Cornell Edition: "Who Will Protect the Working Girl?" By William Greider Part I 1. Fire 2. Trap 3. Eighth 4. Tenth 5. Ninth 6. Escape 7. Night 8. Day 9. Morgue Part II 10. Guilt 11. Help 12. Protest 13. Dirge 14. Shirtwaist 15. Protection 16. Justice 17. Phoenix 18. Fire Postscript Index New to the Centennial Edition: Triangle Fire Victims Compiled by Michael Hirsch This is the definitive list of the people who died in the Triangle Fire, and includes their likely age and address at the time of their death, sex, birth country, religion, and final resting place.

About the Author

The late Leon Stein was the editor of Justice, the official publication of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. He was also the editor of Out of the Sweatshop: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy. Michael Hirsch is a labor journalist and coproducer of the 2011 HBO documentary Triangle: Remembering the Fire. William Greider, national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine, is author most recently of Come Home, America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country.

Reviews

"Stein recreates the tragic events of the fire in all their dramatic intensity. His moving account is a work of dedication."-New York Times Book Review "Stein suggests that the fire alerted the public to shocking working conditions all over the city and helped the unions organize the clothing industry, but his good taste keeps him from selling the reader any silver lining. A by-product of the careful research that has gone into this excellent narrative is an interesting sketch of the hard lives and times of working girls in the days when the business of America was business."-The New Yorker "With commendable restraint, Stein uses newspapers, official documents, and the evidence of survivors to unfold a story made more harrowing by the unemotional simplicity of its narration."-Library Journal "Leon Stein's gripping narrative of the Triangle tragedy is one of the classics of American history. As the grandson of a onetime Triangle seamstress, I salute the reissue of a book that anyone who cares about labor, past or present, should read."-Michael Kazin, Georgetown University