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The public could no longer ignore conditions in garment factories after a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City on March 25, 1911. As workers, mostly immigrant women, attempted to flee, they discovered that the company had locked all but one of the exit doors. In all, 146 women died. Some were found huddled with their faces raised to a small window. Public outrage flared after a jury acquitted the factory owners of manslaughter. In response, the state of New York set up a task force to study factory working conditions.
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