Uprising Summaries Introduction (p. 1 5): – Yiddish– Language spoken by European Jews. Suffrage– The right to vote. It is 16 years after the Triangle Factory fire. Harriet comes to visit Mrs. Livingston. Harriet is the daughter of one of the Triangle Factory owners. Mrs. Livingston used to work at the Triangle Factory. Harriet wants Mrs. Livingston to tell her about the fire. Both Harriet and Mrs. Livingston were at the factory and survived the fire, but Harriet was too young to remember. Mrs. Livingston had two friends who did not survive the fire. Bella (p. 7 31): – Boarders A person who rents a room from another person. – Bella arrives in NYC from Italy. She has come to get a job so she can send money back to her family in Italy who are starving. Her distant cousin, Pietro, has found her a place to live and a job. She moves in with the Luciano family and gets a job at the Triangle Factory. On her first day of work, the workers walk out on strike. Bella doesn’t understand what’s going on and she goes out with them. Pietro explains what has happened so she doesn’t lose her job. Yetta (p. 32 37): – Socialist A person who wants no rich or no poor people. Everyone has an equal amount. – Revolutionary– A person who wants to change the type of government to another type. Yetta is a Jew Immigrant from Russia. She has been in America for two months. She lives with her sister, Rahel, and works at the Triangle Factory. She is sick of being treated like a slave and wants to strike for better working conditions. Jane (p. 38 43): – Society The Upper Class. A group of people that have more money and power than others. – Jane is a rich, society girl. She has a chaperone and servants who look after her. On her way to meet other society girls for tea, she sees the factory girls striking. She is curious about these girls. At tea she learns about some society girls who are attending college. She is also curious about these college girls. Bella (p. 44 57): –
Uprising Summaries Introduction (p. 1 – 5): Yiddish– Language spoken by European Jews. Suffrage– The right to vote. It is 16 years after the Triangle Factory fire. Harriet comes to visit Mrs. Livingston. Harriet is the daughter of one of the Triangle Factory owners. Mrs. Livingston used to work at the Triangle Factory. Harriet wants Mrs. Livingston to tell her about the fire. Both Harriet and Mrs. Livingston were at the factory and survived the fire, but Harriet was too young to remember. Mrs. Livingston had two friends who did not survive the fire. Bella (p. 7 – 31): Boarders – A person who rents a room from another person. Bella arrives in NYC from Italy. She has come to get a job so she can send money back to her family in Italy who are starving. Her distant cousin, Pietro, has found her a place to live and a job. She moves in with the Luciano family and gets a job at the Triangle Factory. On her first day of work, the workers walk out on strike. Bella doesn’t understand what’s going on and she goes out with them. Pietro explains what has happened so she doesn’t lose her job. Yetta (p. 32 – 37): Socialist – A person who wants no rich or no poor people. Everyone has an equal amount. Revolutionary– A person who wants to change the type of government to another type. Yetta is a Jew Immigrant from Russia. She has been in America for two months. She lives with her sister, Rahel, and works at the Triangle Factory. She is sick of being treated like a slave and wants to strike for better working conditions. Jane (p. 38 – 43): Society – The Upper Class. A group of people that have more money and power than others. Jane is a rich, society girl. She has a chaperone and servants who look after her. On her way to meet other society girls for tea, she sees the factory girls striking. She is curious about these girls. At tea she learns about some society girls who are attending college. She is also curious about these college girls. Bella (p. 44 – 57):
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