1. Progressive Movement – what was it? Aimed to return control of the government to the people Restore economic opportunity Correct injustices in American life

2. Four Goals of Progressivism Protecting social welfare – change conditions of industrialization Promoting moral improvement – morality, changing society’s behavior (prohibition) Creating economic reform – questions capitalist economic system Fostering efficiency – reforming the workplace through efficiency

3. How did the movement start? Middle class citizens wanting to address the social problems, issues, and concerns Biggest advocates of the movement - women

4. Women of the Progressive Era Workers, Reformers, & Suffragettes

5. The “new” woman Pre Civil War women (middle class women) Devoted time to care of their home & families Late 19th century, women’s role changed Upper/middle class women stayed home Poor women had to work

6. The Worker Farms Domestic work/farm labor Industry 25% of women worked in factories Least skilled positions Single women rather than married women Office work, i.e. bookkeepers, stenographers Domestic Cooks, laundress, maids, servants Doing work for others families

7. The Reformer/Suffragette Working on equality & vote (suffrage) Convince state legislatures to grant women voting rights Court cases to test 14th amendment Pushed for national constitutional amendment to grant women voting rights