The factory girls a kaleidoscopic account of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire - ECU Libraries Catalog

The factory girls : a kaleidoscopic account of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire / by Christine Seifert.

Author/creator	Seifert, Christine
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	San Francisco, CA : Zest Books, [2017]
Description	176 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete
Subject(s)	Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Fire, 1911 --Juvenile literature. Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Fire, 1911. Women clothing workers--New York (State) --New York --Biography --Juvenile literature. Clothing factories--New York (State) --New York --Safety measures --History --20th century --Juvenile literature. Industrial safety--New York (State) --New York --History --20th century --Juvenile literature. Fires--Juvenile literature. Industrial accidents--Juvenile literature. Sweatshops--Juvenile literature. Teenage immigrants--Biography --Juvenile literature. Women clothing workers. Clothing factories--New York (State) --New York --Safety measures --History --20th century. Industrial safety--New York (State) --New York --History --20th century. New York (N.Y.)--History --1898-1951 --Juvenile literature. New York (N.Y.)--History --1898-1951.

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Contents	Prologue -- Five brave girls -- A puff of smoke -- The price of fashion -- Coming to America -- The self-made man -- Life in the factory -- Corruption in the Gilded Age -- Union girls -- Triangle Factory on strike -- After the flames -- History repeats.
Abstract	The twentieth century ushered in a new world filled with a dazzling array of consumer goods. For the first time in American history, fashion could be mass produced. Even the poorest immigrant girls could afford a blouse or two. But these same immigrant teens toiled away in factories in appalling working conditions. Their hard work and sacrifice lined the pockets of greedy factory owners who were almost exclusively white men. The tragic Triangle Waist Factory fire in 1911 resulted in the deaths of over a hundred young people, mostly immigrant girls, who were locked in the factory. That fire signaled a turning point in American history. This book looks at the events leading up to the fire, including a close look at how fashion and the desire for consumer goods -- driven in part by the excess of the Gilded Age -- created an unsustainable culture of greed. Told from the perspective of six young women who lived the story, this book reminds us why what we buy and how we vote really matter.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-175).
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Reading Program	Accelerated Reader AR 9.0 7.7
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Awards note	A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.)
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2020275075
ISBN	9781942186458 (hardback)
ISBN	1942186452 (hardback)

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