The late Leon Stein was the editor of Justice, the official publication of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. He was also the editor of Out of the Sweatshop: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy. Michael Hirsch is a labor journalist and coproducer of the 2011 HBO documentary Triangle: Remembering the Fire. William Greider, national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine, is author most recently of Come Home, America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country.

• Foreword to the Centennial EditionBy Michael HirschIntroduction to the 2001 Cornell Edition:"Who Will Protect the Working Girl?"By William GreiderPart I1. Fire2. Trap3. Eighth4. Tenth5. Ninth6. Escape7. Night8. Day9. MorguePart II10. Guilt11. Help12. Protest13. Dirge14. Shirtwaist15. Protection16. Justice17. Phoenix18. FirePostscriptIndexNew to the Centennial Edition: Triangle Fire VictimsCompiled by Michael HirschThis is the definitive list of the people who died in the Triangle Fire, and includes their likely age and address at the time of their death, sex, birth country, religion, and final resting place.

Stein recreates the tragic events of the fire in all their dramatic intensity. His moving account is a work of dedication.(New York Times Book Review) Stein suggests that the fire alerted the public to shocking working conditions all over the city and helped the unions organize the clothing industry, but his good taste keeps him from selling the reader any silver lining. A by-product of the careful research that has gone into this excellent narrative is an interesting sketch of the hard lives and times of working girls in the days when the business of America was business.(The New Yorker) With commendable restraint, Stein uses newspapers, official documents, and the evidence of survivors to unfold a story made more harrowing by the unemotional simplicity of its narration.(Library Journal)