Jacob Riis: The Progressive Era

In America there arose many important and long lasting issues and problems and by the late 1800s to the early 1900s many people rose to the occasion to try and solve and fix the issues and problems. These people in this time span solved many political, economical, and social problems and in the time where they did became popularly known as the Progressive Era. The Progressive Era had its fair share of problems, but some of them would drastically change the course of America’s history. (Dictionary of American History. . Encyclopedia.com. 3 Dec. 2016)
Jacob Riis was an 1800s-1900s age photographer with a still-frame camera. He was infamously known to stage photos of what he has seen as he explored slums, tenements, factories, and other horrible places. One of the photos he shared with the public was a staged picture of men in a hot, crowded, and extremely unsanitary place, probably a tenement or factory worker quarters. His countless realistic pictures eventually caught the watchful eye of the public and conditions steadily improved over time, finally bringing attention to a nationwide issue (Doc. 1 Jacob Riis’ Photograph) Jacob Riis wasn’t the only one to go above and beyond to bring attention to horrible living/working conditions in
There were more than enough economical and political problems above the American people. One of the most well known political issues of the time was women’s suffrage (The right to vote) and a woman named Susan B. Anthony rose to fight for women’s rights and one of her most famous quotes in one of her many influential speeches stated, “In the US Constitution it states, We the people, not we the white American males”. (Doc. 6 Susan B. Anthony Quote) This raised a lot of much needed attention in the matter and eventually Congress approved and Susan B Anthony’s along with many other women's’ suffrage fighters long battle paid off and women obtained the right to