Note to researchers: This exhibit presents mainly primary documents, with a selection of secondary documents. If you are new to research of this type, please review the difference between primary sources and secondary sources under Tips for Students.
Selections from Out of the Sweatshops by Leon Stein
- My First Job, by Rose Cohen
- Days and Dreams, by Sadie Frown
- Among the Poor Girls, by Wirt Sikes
- Life in the Shop, by Clara Lemlich
- The Cooper Union Meeting of 1909 (with Samuel Gompers), The Call
- Eyewitness at the Triangle by William Shepherd
- Nightmare of Survival by Leon Stein
- We Have Found You Wanting by Rose Schneiderman
- What is to be Done? by Martha Bensley Bruere
Selections from Triangle Fire by Leon Stein
- Fire, pp. 12-14
- Ladder, p. 18
- Trap, pp. 23-24
- Warnings, pp. 26-28
- Eighth Floor, pp. 37-39
- Ninth Floor, pp. 54-55
- Escape, pp 70-71
- Protest, pp. 145-146
- Dirge, pp. 152-153
- Burial, pp. 154-155
The Kheel Center would like to thank Mrs. Miriam Stein and Barbara Ismail for granting permission to use selections from the late Leon Stein's books.
