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The Spirit of The Girl Strikers-Miriam Finn Scott
By: Rachel, Olivia, and Abbey
About the Author: Miriam Finn Scott
Miriam Finn Scott was from Russiahttp://russia.adoption.com
Miriam Finn Scott was a Jewish Immigrant
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Little Children’s class at The University Settlement of New York
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
New York family members arrive to identify the bodies of those who lost their lives in
the fire"Honduran Sweatshops." Human and Civil Rights: Essential
Primary Sources. Ed. Adrienne Wilmoth Copyright: Betimann/Corbis
Typical work conditions of the shops
"Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire." UPI Photo Collection. 2011. Global Issues in Context. Web. 22
Sept. 2014.
"Firefighters try to put out the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory." Development of the Industrial
U.S. Reference Library. Ed. Sonia G. Benson
The firefighters try to put out the fire
Who?
Italian women immigrant working on a piece of garment
http://onthisdayinfashion.com
Russian Immigrant Girlshttp://www.gjenvick.com/Immigration/EllisIsland
What?
Girl Strikers Outside Shirt Waist Factory tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRrMdUX0AgM4j9QGfYTIb7kJKl-
https://encrypted-PidMw4vSFvmt8I4uebz5mKSJ
Laughing
Crying
Speaking
When?
1913
Immigrant House in 1913 http://www.dvoraknyc.org/daha/
Where?
New York City
New York City during the early 1900’shttp://wac.91a4.edgecastcdn.net/0091A4/armory/wp-content/uploads/
2013/02/77383d_SoFromManBridgeC1913.jpg
Why?
Women striking in the streets of NYC http://forward.com/workspace/assets/images/articles/newyork1913.jpg
Equality
Conflicts and Hardships
“Rent, Profit, Interest” On the left represents death on the right
represents Capitalism and the middle is a charred women representing the
victims in fire http://www.rockwell-center.org/exploring-illustration/the-
triangle-factory-fire-march-25-1911/
• Terrible work Conditions
• The girls working never got their full pay
• Could not speak English
• No respect
• Men were abusive towards the women workers
How does the story represent the Immigration experience?
http://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/progressiveera/factorywomenpictures.html
Bibliography
Bankston, C. L., & Hidalgo, D. A. (2006). Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire. In Immigration in U.S. history (Vol. 2, pp. 661-663). Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.
Ellis, Kristi, and Arthur Friedman. "Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: The Lessons Of History." WWD 21 Mar. 2011: 1b. General OneFile. Web. 19 Sept. 2014.
Lehman, Marjorie. "Miriam Finn Scott." Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. 1 March 2009. Jewish Women's Archive. <http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/scott-miriam-finn>.
