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Kate Leone Workers During The Triangle Factory Fire

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Kate Leone was a worker during the Triangle Factory Fire. Kate Leone was one of 8 children. Her parents were Italian Vito (Victor) Leone and American Luisa Kischlin. Kate was 14 when she joined her cousins Michelina Nicolosei and Annie Colletti as workers on the 9th floor of the Asch Building. Most of the workers were German, Italian, and European Jewish girls, though older women, men, and young boys were workers as well. They worked 14 hour shifts, working with flammable fabric, bins under them filled with the fabric, and patterns hung on lines above them. Flame gas lamps lit workrooms. Men were allowed to smoke as they worked. New York garment workers began a strike in 1910 for companies to sign agreements to make working conditions safer.
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