September 19: FIRESIDE CHAT: "THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE"

The Meadows Foundation proudly invites you to the historic Hageman Farm to hear noted New Jersey historian, Tom Ainsworth, speak about the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire of 1911, which was--until September 11, 2001--the worst single-day loss of life in an American workplace.

DATE: Saturday, September 19, 2009
TIME: 2:00PM
PLACE: The Hageman Farm
209 South Middlebush Road, Somerset
TKTS: $10.00 per person
RSVP: (732) 560-1977
Reservations Highly Recommended

In a terrible fire that consumed part of the Asch building (now known as the Brown Building of Science at NYU), nearly 150 garment workers, mostly women, either died from the flames or jumped to their deaths. The fire led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, which fought for better and safer working conditions for sweatshop workers in that industry. To this day no one knows for sure whether the fire was accidental or intentional.

This talk is the first of the Meadows Foundation's ever-popular lecture series of "Fireside Chats". Please stay tuned to the RMVE Blog for information about future talks in this series.