This event was blamed on such things as stairway doors being locked to prevent theft from workers, as well as the lack of an alarm system.
This event is memorialized in Ruth Sergel's public art project called "Chalk." An eyewitness to this event, Kate Alterman, had her testimony savaged in court by lawyer Max Steuer. During a meeting after this event at the Metropolitan Opera House, Rose Schneiderman insisted she couldn't "talk fellowship to those gathered here." In the wake of it, eyewitness Frances Perkins succeeded in getting Tammany Hall support for a bill creating a 54-hour work week, a goal of groups like the ILGWU. This event was blamed on such things as stairway doors being locked to prevent theft from workers, as well as the lack of an alarm system. For 10 points, name this 1911 industrial disaster in New York City that resulted in the deaths of 146 garment workers.
This event is memorialized in Ruth Sergel's public art project called "Chalk."
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire &lt;Cheyne&gt;