Search The Directory The Web for Home > Business > Industries > Manufacturing > Textiles and Nonwovens > Resources > History > Industry New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - The history of the 1911 fire in a US garment sewing shop, which set off the introduction of new legislation and regulations on safety issues and workers rights in the textile industry. Links to original documents, and related web sites.   Whole Cloth - Web version of an educational project, aimed at widening public understanding of the development of the American textile industry. Extensive essays, illustrations and history resources on the industrialization of textile manufacturing, cloth dyeing techniques and fibers.   Women in the Workplace - Extensive article on the history of employing women in American textile mills, and the development of women as a driving force in labor unions. Short biographies of key individuals. Author: Shirley Leckie.     [ 1 2 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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