Earlier this month, the city of New York unveiled a memorial to the lives lost in the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. One of the deadliest workplace disasters in U.S. history, the fire was a turning point for the labor movement and spurred improved safety measures for workers. | American Experience | PBS

4.5K views · 84 reactions | On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York's Greenwich Village. The blaze killed 146 garment workers, mostly women, girls and recent immigrants, in one of the deadliest workplace accidents in American history. #WomensHistoryMonth | American Experience | PBS | Facebook