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After emigrating from a small Italian village, Angela Pearson and her family settle in a Lower East Side tenement. When her father loses his work, Angela must abandon school to earn a living in a shirtwaist factory. The story unfolds against the rise of the labor union movement in the early 1900s, with Angela’s diary documenting the daily hardships of factory life, the growing unrest among workers, and the devastating Triangle Factory fire. Through her candid entries, the narrative explores the challenges and aspirations of immigrant families, the struggle for labor rights, and the bittersweet history of the Italian-American experience in New York.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Deborah Hopkinson
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