New Deal Network http://newdeal.feri.org/library/d_4m.htm
This Columbia University-based site features more photos of the Triangle Fire and a dramatic mural depicting the fire. The site is geared to Web-based research and teaching resources that are devoted to the public works and arts projects of the New Deal.
The Digital Classroom http://www.nara.gov/education/classrm.html
This site, developed by the National Archives and Records Administration, has resources for teachers who would like to introduce their students to the use of primary documents.
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1820-1940
http://womhist.binghamton.edu/index.html
Primary documents related to women and social movements in the United States between 1820 and 1940. A new component of the site offers suggestions for classroom uses of the site materials.

More Resources on Sweatshops
http://www.uniteunion.org/sweatshops/links/links.html
At Work in Garment Industry Sweatshops Photos from Yesterday and Today: a photo essay prepared by Cara Metz (UNITE!) and the Kheel Center
http://www.uniteunion.org/sweatshops/photos/photos.html
History in Action http://www.uniteunion.org/research/history/historyinaction.html
This exhibit features women who were leaders within the unions of the needletrades industries.
Cornell University's Apparel-Related Web Sites
http://www.he.cornell.edu/txa/related.cfm
(includes government resources)
A timetable of fires and explosions worldwide
http://infoplease.lycos.com/ipa/A0001447.html
International Labor Organization Report on Thailand Toy Factory Fire
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/hazardwk/fire/fir01.htm
On May 10, 1993, near Bangkok, Thailand, a fire in a doll factory killed at least 187 persons and injured 500 others. World's deadliest factory fire.
Photos From the Triangle Factory Fire
http://teaching.arts.usyd.edu.au/history/hsty3080/3rdYr3080/trianglewebsite/
An analysis of a small collection of Triangle Fire-related photographs.
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