Books & BitesMonday, April 21
6 PM
Read Margaret Peterson Haddix's Uprising and then discuss it with Wood Library's Teen Book Discussion Group on Monday, April 21 at Panera in Canandaigua. What's the book about? Bella, newly arrived in New York from Italy, gets a job at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. There, along with hundreds of other immigrants, she works long hours at a grueling job under terrible conditions. Yetta, a coworker from Russia, has been crusading for a union, and when factory conditions worsen, she helps workers rise up in a strike. Wealthy Jane learns of the plight of the workers and becomes involved with their cause.
Bella and Yetta are at work -- and Jane is visiting the factory -- on March 25, 1911, when a spark ignites some cloth and the building is engulfed in fire, leading to one of the worst workplace disasters ever. For more information about the program, contact Jenny Goodemote at 585-394-1381 or jgoodemote@pls-net.org.
Bella and Yetta are at work -- and Jane is visiting the factory -- on March 25, 1911, when a spark ignites some cloth and the building is engulfed in fire, leading to one of the worst workplace disasters ever. For more information about the program, contact Jenny Goodemote at 585-394-1381 or jgoodemote@pls-net.org.
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