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Excerpt from Letters to Michael and Hugh [Owens] from
P. M. Newman
By P. M. Newman
Written in May 1951
Located in the International Ladies' Garment Workers'
Union Archives, Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives
Available online at http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire /texts/letters/newman_letter.html
Labor organizer Pauline M. Newman (c. 1888–1986) and her family immigrated to New York in 1901 from Lithuania. Although she was only thirteen years old and did not speak English, Newman immediately began to look for work so she could help with the family's expenses. She held temporary jobs for a couple of months before getting hired at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, where she worked until 1909. Labor conditions at the factory were dangerous and unhealthy, which was typical of the garment industry during this period. After she left the Triangle factory, Newman spent...
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