Honoring the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire 110 years later

On this day in 1911, 146 people died in the horrific Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. I designed & embroidered this block to honor those lost. Their names are below.

​Adler, Lizzie, 24 - Altman, Anna, 16 - Ardito, Annina, 25 - Bassino, Rose, 31 - Benanti, Vincenza, 22 - Berger, Yetta, 18 - Bernstein, Essie, 19 - Bernstein, Jacob, 38 - Bernstein, Morris, 19 - Billota, Vincenza, 16 - Binowitz, Abraham, 30 - Birman, Gussie, 22 - Brenman, Rosie, 23 - Brenman, Sarah, 17 - Brodsky, Ida, 15 - Brodsky, Sarah, 21 - Brucks, Ada, 18 - Brunetti, Laura, 17 - Cammarata, Josephine, 17 - Caputo, Francesca, 17 - Carlisi, Josephine, 31 - Caruso, Albina, 20 - Ciminello, Annie, 36 - Cirrito, Rosina, 18 - Cohen, Anna, 25 - Colletti, Annie, 30 - Cooper, Sarah, 16 - Cordiano , Michelina, 25 - Dashefsky, Bessie, 25 - Del Castillo, Josie, 21 - Dockman, Clara, 19 - Donick, Kalman, 24 - Driansky, Nettie, 21 - Eisenberg, Celia, 17 - Evans, Dora, 18 - Feibisch, Rebecca, 20 - Fichtenholtz, Yetta, 18 - Fitze, Daisy Lopez, 26 - Floresta, Mary, 26 - Florin, Max, 23 - Franco, Jenne, 16 - Friedman, Rose, 18 - Gerjuoy, Diana, 18 - Gerstein, Molly, 17 - Giannattasio, Catherine, 22 - Gitlin, Celia, 17 - Goldstein, Esther, 20 - Goldstein, Lena, 22 - Goldstein, Mary, 18 - Goldstein, Yetta, 20 - Grasso, Rosie, 16 - Greb, Bertha, 25 - Grossman, Rachel, 18 - Herman, Mary, 40 - Hochfeld, Esther, 21 - Hollander, Fannie, 18 - Horowitz, Pauline, 19 - Jukofsky, Ida, 19 - Kanowitz, Ida, 18 - Kaplan, Tessie, 18 - Kessler, Beckie, 19 - Klein, Jacob, 23 - Koppelman, Beckie, 16 - Kula, Bertha, 19 - Kupferschmidt, Tillie, 16 - Kurtz, Benjamin, 19 - L'Abbate, Annie, 16 - Lansner, Fannie, 21 - Lauletta, Maria Giuseppa, 33 - Lederman, Jennie, 21 - Lehrer, Max, 18 - Lehrer, Sam, 19 - Leone, Kate, 14 - Leventhal, Mary, 22 - Levin, Jennie, 19 - Levine, Pauline, 19 - Liebowitz, Nettie, 23 - Liermark, Rose, 19 - Maiale, Bettina, 18 - Maiale, Frances, 21 - Maltese, Catherine, 39 - Maltese, Lucia, 20 - Maltese, Rosaria, 14 - Manaria, Maria, 27 - Mankofsky, Rose, 22 - Mehl, Rose, 15 - Meyers, Yetta, 19 - Midolo, Gaetana, 16 - Miller, Annie, 16 - Neubauer, Beckie, 19 - Nicholas, Annie, 18 - Nicolosi, Michelina, 21 - Nussbaum, Sadie, 18 - Oberstein, Julia, 19 - Oringer, Rose, 19 - Ostrovsky , Beckie, 20 - Pack, Annie, 18 - Panno, Provindenza, 43 - Pasqualicchio, Antonietta, 16 - Pearl, Ida, 20 - Pildescu, Jennie, 18 - Pinelli, Vincenza, 30 - Prato, Emilia, 21 - Prestifilippo, Concetta, 22 - Reines, Beckie, 18 - Rosen (Loeb), Louis, 33 - Rosen, Fannie, 21 - Rosen, Israel, 17 - Rosen, Julia, 35 - Rosenbaum, Yetta, 22 - Rosenberg, Jennie, 21 - Rosenfeld, Gussie, 22 - Rothstein, Emma, 22 - Rotner, Theodore, 22 - Sabasowitz, Sarah, 17 - Salemi, Santina, 24 - Saracino, Sarafina, 25 - Saracino, Teresina, 20 - Schiffman, Gussie, 18 - Schmidt, Theresa, 32 - Schneider, Ethel, 20 - Schochet, Violet, 21 - Schpunt, Golda, 19 - Schwartz, Margaret, 24 - Seltzer, Jacob, 33 - Shapiro, Rosie, 17 - Sklover, Ben, 25 - Sorkin, Rose, 18 - Starr, Annie, 30 - Stein, Jennie, 18 - Stellino, Jennie, 16 - Stiglitz, Jennie, 22 - Taback, Sam, 20 - Terranova, Clotilde, 22 - Tortorelli, Isabella, 17 - Utal, Meyer, 23 - Uzzo, Catherine, 22 - Velakofsky, Frieda, 20 - Viviano, Bessie, 15 - Weiner, Rosie, 20 - Weintraub, Sarah, 17 - Weisner, Tessie, 21 - Welfowitz, Dora, 21 - Wendroff, Bertha, 18 - Wilson, Joseph, 22 - Wisotsky, Sonia, 17

Cornell University has a great website if you are interested in learning more: Remembering the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire.

Also two great books to read:
Triangle : the fire that changed America by David von Drehle
Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix