Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Who are some major Progressive reformers, and what were their specific accomplishments at the local, state, and federal levels?

Here are some of the many important Progressive reformers: 

Florence Kelley: Kelley campaigned for an end to child labor and sweatshops. She was also an advocate for the eight-hour workday, women's suffrage, and the NAACP. She worked in settlement houses in New York and Chicago.

Jane Addams: Addams started Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago which provided aid to immigrants and the poor. She was a key figure in starting the field of social work. She also campaigned for women's suffrage and helped found the NAACP.

Upton Sinclair: The winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Sinclair wrote The Jungle, a novel that exposed the horrible working conditions in meatpacking industries. His novel resulted in a law to ensure food was safe for consumers through the Pure Food and Drug Act.

W.E.B. Du Bois: The first African American to earn a Ph.D. at Harvard, Du Bois helped found the NAACP, was the author of The Souls of Black Folk (1903), and was an advocate for civil rights. 

Eugene Debs: Debs was a famous Socialist and union leader. After organizing the American Railway union, he led the Pullman Strike of 1894. He served in the Indiana state assembly and ran for President several times on the Socialist ticket. He was an advocate for world peace and the rights of labor.

Lincoln Steffens: The editor of McClure's magazine, Steffens exposed the corruption of local government in his muckraking works, such as The Shame of the Cities (1904).

Margaret Sanger: Sanger became an advocate for women's health and birth control at a time when it was illegal to disseminate information about birth control.

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