![]() What could I do to stop him? I’m just a girl. ![]() “Do you know what it is like to work in a shirtwaist factory? In the wintertime, I’m there before the sun comes up, and if the boss wants to make me work until midnight, he can do that. ![]() Using extensive historical research, Haddix places readers into the tragic story and brings history to life in a new way. Margaret Peterson Haddix tells this story from the alternating points of view of the three young women. The fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was one of the worst workplace disasters in all of history, taking the lives of 146 young immigrant workers. On this fateful day, a spark ignites a fire that destroys the entire building and kills many within it.īased on the true events of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory disaster, Uprising shows how factory employees were worked to the bone, neglected, and manipulated, all for the profit of those who own the company. On March 25, 1911, Jane visits while Bella and Yetta work. When the workers rise up in a strike, they attract the attention of Jane, a wealthy young woman who wants to help the cause. ![]() There, she meets Yetta, who is crusading for a union as work conditions continue to decline. Along with hundreds of other immigrants, she finds a job at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Bella is a young Italian woman who has just arrived in New York. ![]()
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