Women During the Progressive Era
Unit II: Women during the Progressive Era
Kenedra Coney
HIS 204
Professor Owens
May 29, 2011
Unit II: Women in the Progressive Era During the decades between 1890s and 1920s there was a new age of reform there was so much reform activity that historians called this era the Progressive Era. During this time there were millions of Americans that were organized in association to many solutions to industrialization, urbanization, and immigration problems that brought about a new social reform order. In Unit Two, the Progressivism era emerges during the mid-1890s that continued shaping and changing the role of all women causing them to leave their homes and changed their way of life with gaining equal rights and rights against women suffrage. The Progressive Era was a time in American history that lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s. During the turn of the century the Americans were experiencing a rapid increase in urbanization and industrialization. The Progressives way of belief was that they were reformers, which accepted the system of Americans but still felt that there was only the need for adjustment. Many of these energetic reformers united in the Progressive party of 1912, with Theodore Roosevelt as their presidential candidate.
There were a huge number of people that were involved in the progressive reform. All three presidents during that time period that included Theodore Roosevelt, Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. All three implemented some form of progressive reform. After leaving office, President Theodore Roosevelt created a third political party called the Progressive Party that challenged his successor Howard Taft. Progressivism was not just a single movement it moved within a collection of coalitions wanting changes that seemed to be contradicting each other. Many of these reforms were mostly aimed at increasing democracy within America. These reforms included women suffrage, the elections of senators, availability of referendum, and the right to
Kenedra Coney
HIS 204
Professor Owens
May 29, 2011
Unit II: Women in the Progressive Era During the decades between 1890s and 1920s there was a new age of reform there was so much reform activity that historians called this era the Progressive Era. During this time there were millions of Americans that were organized in association to many solutions to industrialization, urbanization, and immigration problems that brought about a new social reform order. In Unit Two, the Progressivism era emerges during the mid-1890s that continued shaping and changing the role of all women causing them to leave their homes and changed their way of life with gaining equal rights and rights against women suffrage. The Progressive Era was a time in American history that lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s. During the turn of the century the Americans were experiencing a rapid increase in urbanization and industrialization. The Progressives way of belief was that they were reformers, which accepted the system of Americans but still felt that there was only the need for adjustment. Many of these energetic reformers united in the Progressive party of 1912, with Theodore Roosevelt as their presidential candidate.
There were a huge number of people that were involved in the progressive reform. All three presidents during that time period that included Theodore Roosevelt, Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. All three implemented some form of progressive reform. After leaving office, President Theodore Roosevelt created a third political party called the Progressive Party that challenged his successor Howard Taft. Progressivism was not just a single movement it moved within a collection of coalitions wanting changes that seemed to be contradicting each other. Many of these reforms were mostly aimed at increasing democracy within America. These reforms included women suffrage, the elections of senators, availability of referendum, and the right to
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