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Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix6/4/2023 ![]() ![]() Margaret Peterson Haddix draws on extensive historical research to bring the tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire to tangible life through her thrilling story of Bella, Yetta, and Jane. Wealthy Jane learns of the plight of the workers and becomes involved with their cause.īella and Yetta are at work-and Jane is visiting the factory-on March 25, 1911, when a spark ignites some cloth and the building is engulfed in fire, leading to one of the worst workplace disasters ever. Yetta, a coworker from Russia, has been crusading for a union, and when factory conditions worsen, she helps workers rise up in a strike. There, along with hundreds of other immigrants, she works long hours at a grueling job under terrible conditions. I've never even had a chance to live.īella, newly arrived in New York from Italy, gets a job at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Oh, please, God, don't let me die, she thought. ![]() ![]() She herself was sobbing tearlessly.Her only prayer was still, "I don't want to die." Around her the workers were screaming out prayers and curses. ![]()
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