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Remembering Red Hook women of the Triangle Waist fire
A personal recollection recounts Laura Brunetti Francesca Caputo and Clotilde Terranova among the 146 victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory blaze. It links their lives in Red Hook to immigrant families and examines working conditions and community memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triangle Shirtwaist
Russia
Poland
Italy
Manhattan
The
Bronx
Brooklyn
Red Hook
Laura Brunetti
United States
Columbia Street
Degraw
Kane Streets
Libero Morello
Port Authority
Pier 7
Degraw Street
Atlantic Avenue
Laura
America
Francesca
Caputo
Court Street
Vincenzo Caputo
Clotilde Terranova
President Street
Columbia and
Hicks Streets
Virginia Raiola
Clotilde
Licata
Agrigento
Sicily
Francesco
Triangle Waist Company
Friends
Sacred Hearts
Stephen’s
Carroll Street
Wall Street
Union Street
Prospect Park West
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn Bridge
Park Row
Duane Street
Washington Square
Cecilia
Sackett and Hicks Street
Mother Cabrini