[act-ma] 3/27 JUDITH WOODRUFF - "Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire"

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THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM presents...

Sunday, March 27, 2011
11:00am

JUDITH WOODRUFF
"An Event that Changed America: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire"

On March 25, 1911, 146 garment workers-mostly young immigrant women-lost
their lives in the worst workplace disaster in New York City history (until
"9-11?). While discussing the fire and its victims, we will also look at the
history of sweatshops, the beginnings of union organizing and the dynamic
people who ultimately forced fundamental reforms of working conditions
nationally. Finally, we'll briefly consider workplace safety today.

Judith Woodruff is an educator, founder and director of International Arts
for Peace, and producer of a video about that venture that was shown on PBS.
She has organized three successful labor film festivals locally and created
a sixty-panel labor mural project on the origins of May Day. Judith has
written a book entitled The Treatment of Workers in Children's Literature
and developed a curriculum for young people on the world of work.

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