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Friday, March 25, 2011

100 years ago today

The Triangle shirtwaist fire happened 100 years ago today. This is the fire that sparked labor reform, factory and occupational safety requirements.
Here is Frances Perkins and Eleanor Roosevelt talking about it on the 50th anniversary of the fatal fire.
http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/mar/24/listen-wnyc-archives-triangle-shirtwaist-fire/

Labels: Eleanor Roosevelt Center, Frances Perkins, labor reform

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Dr.JAM is a professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Marist College, Poughkeepsie NY. Her main focus is teaching students to be critical thinkers and active citizens. She worked in both the Koch and Cuomo administrations before returning to academia. She teaches Modern Political Thought, Contemporary Ideologies, Feminist Political Thought, American National Government, Political Ideas and Issues, Political and Social Movements, among other courses. She writes a regular column (Walk the Talk) in InsideOut (tm). She has written many articles and books including The Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian Liberation Movement: Still the Rage (Rowman Littlefield, 2003). An active citizen, she served on the boards of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater (where she once was cook); The Grace Smith House,currently she serves on the (executive) boards of the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at ValKill and the Ulster County Democratic Women. $>

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