After the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire the following year , the book garnered public attention and helped trigger legislative reforms . Later scholars tended to dismiss the book as propaganda . In 1990 it was reprinted by Cornell University Press with an introduction by historian Françoise Basch , and received positive reviews from Alice Kessler-Harris , Mari Jo Buhle , and the '' ILR Review ''
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
Theresa Malkiel