1. Jane Addams the founder of Hull House, which provided English lessons for immigrants, daycares, and child care classes
2. Florence Kelley reformer who worked to prohibit child labor and to improve conditions for female workers
3. Mary Baker Eddy founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
4. Walter Rauschenbusch New York clergyman who preached the social gospel, worked to alleviate poverty, and worked to make peace between employers and labor unions.
5. Dwight Lyman Moody Protestant evangelist, Gospel of kindness and forgiveness, created the Moody Bible Institute
6. Emma Lazarus Wrote the poem on the base of the Statue of Liberty "The New Colossus"
7. Louis Agassiz United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish
8. James Gibbons leader of the Church in the U.S. who most forcefully took on the causes of workers
9. Booker T. Washington African American progressive who supported segregation and demanded that African American better themselves individually to achieve equality.
10. W. E. B. Du Bois fought for African American rights. Helped to found Niagara Movement in 1905 to fight for and establish equal rights. This movement later led to the establishment of the NAACP
11. George Washington Carver United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943)
12. Charles W. Eliot President of Harvard in 1896. Reduced the number of required courses and introduced electives to accommodate the teaching of modern languages and sciences.
13. Edwin L. Godkin This man published the New York Nation, which championed various forms of civil service reform
14. William James United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)
15. William Randolph Hearst United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951)
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