n "Uprising", by Maragaret Peterson Haddix, used the title to symbolize the impact and reason behind the worker's rights movement on the Triangle Factory workers. In New York City in the 1900s, many European immigrants had began working in a shirtwaist factory, they were treated unfairly by their bosses. They had been cheated out of their, had to work long hours with no extra pay, were locked inside until closing, and were searched at the end of everyday for stolen shirtwaists. Yetta, a woman worker, attended many women's rights meetings and decided to join the strike at the factory. The protests and "uprisings" was necessary because it helped women rise above the standard's placed on them and started a movement that gave both genders an equal
