Memory in Cloth
Safety and Solidarity for New York City Garment Workers
1961. Courtesy of Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation, Cornell University.
Frances Perkins and Eleanor Roosevelt chat on stage at the 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Triangle Fire in March 1961. The former Secretary of Labor and the former First Lady led efforts for labor reforms and new worker safety laws as well as stronger enforcement in the 50 years after the Triangle Fire.