Progressive Era

MUCKRAKERS

Ida Tarbell

Notable Women: Ida Tarbell - biography with links from About.com.

American Experience: The Rockefellers - PBS looks at Ida Tarbell's impact on Rockefeller's empire.

Ida Tarbell - links from About.com.

Ida Tarbell Home Page - Alleghany College profiles career and impact of famous 1880 alumna;
be sure to follow the links!

John D Rockefeller and Standard Oil: The Nightmare Begins - extract from Ida Tarbell's The History
of the Standard Oil Company.

John D Rockfeller and the Standard Oil Company - discover how he came to dominate the
oil industry for 50 years.

John D. and Standard Oil - a look at the growth of the trust.

The History of the Standard Oil Company - electronic text version of Ida Tarbell's expose.

The Myth of Predatory Pricing - policy analysis refuting claim Standard Oil set predatory pricing.

Jacob Riis

How the Other Half Lives - hypertext version with illustrations.

Masters of Photography: Jacob Riis - brief look at Riis and his work from The Encyclopedia of
Photography.

Jacob A. Riis: Photographer and Reformer - brief look at Riis and the impact of his works from the
Museum of the City of New York with links to his collection there.

Upton Sinclair

Living and Dying in Packingtown, Chicago - from The Jungle.

The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930): Meat-packing House Inspections - letter from Upton Sinclair to President Theodore Roosevelt, March 10, 1906.

Thomas Nast

Teaching History Online: Thomas Nast - hypertext biography with illustrations.

The Ethics of Cartooning - discusses the medium, its impact, and Nast--the "father of political cartoons."

The Cartoons - the world of Thomas Nast in cartoons.

The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson: Thomas Nast - brief biography of Nast.

Thomas Nast - brief bio and look at his impact.

S. S. McClure

McClure Publishing Company Archives - you will only need the Historical and Biographical Note portion of this site.

"The Explosions of Our Fine Idealistic Undertakings": The Rise of McClure's - covers the rise and fall of McClure's Magazine; be sure to go on to the next chapter and the conclusion.

McClure's Magazine - hypertext overview--be sure to click on the links.

SOCIAL REFORMERS

Jane Addams

Turn of the Century: Biography of Jane Addams - from US History net.

Notable Women: Jane Addams - biography with links from About.com.

Hull House Association - bio, links, images.

Jane Addams - hypertext bio and coverage of start of Hull House; includes excerpts from her works.

Jane Addams - bio and accomplishments.

Jane Addams Hull-House Museum - links include biography, chronology, and Hull-House firsts.

Women in History: Jane Addams - biography includes list of websites.

A View of Jane Addams's Hull House as a Feminist Initiative - looks at how Addams fit into Progressive thinking.

Lillian Wald

Henry Street Settlement - pictures and info.

Jewish Women's Archive: Lillian Wald - multimedia exhibit on Lillian Wald; includes an online search engine of archival finding aids.

Profiles in Caring: Lillian D. Wald - bio and legacy.

Eleanor Roosevelt

The American Experience: Eleanor Roosevelt - an in-depth look at one of the century's most influential women--from PBS.

Notable Women: Eleanor Roosevelt - biography with links from About.com.

The Papers of Eleanor Roosevelt - biographical essay.

A Century of Women Working Together Toward a Common Mission - chronology of Junior League.

Margaret Sanger

Notable Women: Margaret Sanger - biography with links from About.com.

Margaret Sanger Papers - in-depth coverage; begin with About Margaret Sanger.

Time 100: Margaret Sanger - article by Gloria Steinem on Sanger and her impact.

The American Baby Code - Sanger's controversial article that appeared in American Weekly Magazine in 1934.

Eugenics Movement

American Eugenics Movement - experience the unfiltered story of American eugenics – primarily through materials from the Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor, which was the center of American eugenics research from 1910-1940.

Temperance Movement: WCTU/Prohibition

Temperance & Prohibition - development of the Prohibition movement.

Women's Christian Temperance Union - history of the movement; be sure to check out the links to the 1873 Women's Crusades, and Early WCTU.

Anti-Saloon League 1893-1933 - extensive links throughout the site take you to all aspects of the Temperance Movement.

History of Alcohol Prohibition - chronology from 1600s; scroll to 1870-1913: Toward a National Conscience.

Prohibition on the Progressive Era - overview from American Memory along with documents.

Progressivism and Religion: The Social Gospel Movement/ Walter Rauschenbusch

The Social Gospel - overview of Social Gospel Movement.

Protestant Women & Social Justice Activism, 1890-1920 - discusses materialism (Addams, Kelley) and Social Gospel.

Modern History Sourcebook: Walter Rauschenbusch: The Social Gospel, 1908 - excerpt from Rauschenbusch's Christianity and the Social Crisis.

The Rise of the Progressive Mentality - Henry F. May, in his study Protestant Churches and Industrial America, explains the crucial link between the Social Gospel and progressivism.

The Social Gospel - lecture.

Progressivism and Education: John Dewey

The Idea of Pluralism: John Dewey - Columbia Concise Encyclopedia entry.

Progressivism's Impact - brief look at the era's impact on education.

John Dewey - discusses Dewey and the Progressive education movement.

Essays on the Philosophy of John Dewey - college professor discusses philosophies of Dewey.

The History of The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools - history of The Dewey School and innovations.

George Eastman

George Eastman ... The Man - background of George Eastman by Kodak; scroll to Benefiting the Employee, Giving Away His Fortune, and The Vision of a Pioneer.

Rochester Review V59 N2--Features - history of the beginnings of the Eastman School of Music.

Consumer's League: Florence Kelley, Josephine Goldmark

National Consumers League - background from Teaching History Online.

Florence Kelley - background of Kelley and her accomplishments; be sure to click on the hypertext for further information, especially on the Consumer's League.

Women and Social Movements in the United States - informative article on this woman who helped reform labor in the U.S.

Florence Kelley: A Woman of Fierce Fidelity - focuses on Kelley's role in maternal and health services and child labor reform.

Women of Achievement and Herstory: Florence Kelley - overview of life and impact.

The "Quickened Conscience": Women's Voluntarism and the State, 1890-1920 - scroll down to The White Label.

POLITICAL REFORM

National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA): Carrie Chapman Catt

The American Experience: Suffrage History - talks about the evolvement of NAWSA from the schism between the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association; discusses Catt's role.

Carrie Chapman Catt - looks at impact of this key coordinator of the suffrage movement.

About Carrie Chapman Catt - biography courtesy of the U.S. Library of Congress and the National 19th Amendment Society, with hyperlinks for clarification.

History of the League of Women Voters - overview how the organization evolved.

Today in History: Congress Approves Nineteenth Amendment - hypertext article from Library of Congress' American Memory.

Congressional Union: Alice Paul

Congressional Union for Women Suffrage - overview of the party formation.

Congressional Union for Women Suffrage - links from About.com.

Notable Women: Alice Paul - biography with links from About.com.

The Alice Paul Centennial Foundation - organization homepage which highlights the outstanding political achievements of Alice Paul.

Robert LaFollette and the Wisconsin Idea

Fighting Bob La Follette - look at his career from The Progressive Magazine.

Portrait of the Founder, Fighting Bob LaFollette - article on LaFollette and one by him from the magazine he founded.

The Wisconsin Idea by Charles McCarthy - e-text version of the book; be sure to read the Introduction by Teddy Roosevelt in which he acknowledges LaFollette.

Law & the Progressive Era, Pt 1: The Good Government Movement in Wisconsin, 1891-1921 - changes in Wisconsin law under LaFollette.

Social Legislation - Child Labor

Child Labor - overview of the social issue, crusaders, and legislation; hypertexted, so click on links.

The History Place: Child Labor - child labor in America 1908-1912, photographs by Lewis W. Hine with the original photo captions.

Mary Harris "Mother" Jones

Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (1830-1930) - biographical timeline along with contextual information.

Notable Women: Mother Jones - biography with links from About.com.

"Mother" Mary Harris Jones (1830-1930) - biography from the National Women's Hall of Fame.

Mary 'Mother' Jones - biography with hyperlinks.

Mother Jones: The Miners' Angel - from The Illinois Labor History Society.

Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones) - short biography with extensive links.

NAACP

NAACP - hypertext of history and founders from Teaching History Online; click on hypertext terms for clarification.

NAACP Timeline - background of beginnings from NCAAP Official website.

Mary W. Ovington - background of one of the first co-founders; hypertexted so click on links for further information.

Teddy Roosevelt/Big Business

Theodore Roosevelt: Domestic Policy - essay from PBS.

To what extent did Theodore Roosevelt provide a square deal for the American people? - outline from a US History class.

Theodore Roosevelt - general bio with some specifics from Ohio State University.

Teddy Roosevelt/Conservation

Conservation in the Progressive Era - overview of Roosevelt's policies along with documents.

Theodore Roosevelt Association: Conservation - listing of Roosevelt's many conservation achievements.

TR's Legacy - The Environment - describes Roosevelt's impact on environmental policies.