Out of the Flames, From The Ashes: TheTriangle Shirtwaist Fire & Its Legacy
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Triangle Fire - March 25, 1911
Tune into our tapestry of archival sound, re-enactments â a docudrama of the âflowering girlsâ who lost their lives in the Triangle Fire, on this hundredth anniversary, of one of the most important events in the history of the labor movement. Threaded through the sound tapestry are the haunting voices from the fire intermingled with the poetry and songs that arose in the wake of the tragedy. Another thread of the tapestry are the voices of scholar/activists who deliberate on the legacy of Triangle for today - to organize and unionize, to regulate the workplace and create a safe, decent life for working people, to attend to the problems today sadly echoing the conditions at the time of the Triangle Fire. This is a drama of the dilemmas faced by working women, their pathos, & the importance of the fire, in the annals of workersâ history - ânot to mourn, but to organize.â
See Transcript below for fuller description
Produced by Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash
Please email us if you plan to broadcast this program- knash@igc.org
Please note this 55 minute program is in addition to our weekly half hour Buiding Bridges National which will be sent out separately at a later date
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