Progressive Women Why then?
Essential Questions Why did women begin to play an increasing role in reform movements? Who were some of these reformers? What causes did they champion?
Gilded Age Women Gain a Voice 2nd class Citiz. = No reputation to defend Urbanization = Collective work More Education = Articles and Books Factory Work = Independence World War I = Independence, New image
Social Reformers Jane Addams Julia Lathrop Margaret Sanger
Muckrakers Ida Tarbell Frances Kellor Out of Work
Economic Reformers Florence Kelley (National Consumers League) Mother Mary Harris Jones Josephine Goldmark (WTUL) Power to boycott companies
Suffragists Alice Paul Francis Willard Carrie Chapman Catt Parades Pickets Protests State Laws Legal Challenges Constitutional Amendments
Reforms Political -initiative -recall -19th Amendment -direct election of senators Social -temperance -housing -education Economic -WTUL (1903) -Child-labor laws -working hours -working wages
Essential Questions Why did women begin to play an increasing role in reform movements? Who were some of these reformers? What causes did they champion?