The Progressive Era Analysis

Women have fought for equality in a world that is mostly dominated by men. They weren’t allowed in political debates they were always seen as the ‘house wives’ and whenever they did take action it was allow halted by men .The title itself gives to me the idea that men special involved with traditional values and they didn’t want anything to be changed. While the women wanted to move forward and seek changes in their society. The author, Perry, gives us her critique on what she was able to find in women during the progressive era. She also gives four suggestion that historians should take when discussing the progressive era. In part one of her essay the author criticizes progressive era historians from the perspective of women. It seemed like it was very difficult to find any information about women during the progressive era. Which was
something I think was understandable because it was during a time where invention where being made, the economy was expanding and politic were more confronted. A lot major of thing’s where happening during this time that distracted people from paying any close attention to women’s suffrage. There is also the fact that because women weren’t able to vote their opinions didn’t matter to historians, so nobody really paid any attention to them. Making it hard for people, like the author, to find any information regarding women’s suffrage and voting. Perry had to really dig deep in order to find any useful information she had to go through public resources where in formation was scattered and private collections. And she was able to find some useful sources that she was able to use. Most of what she found was unhelpful because some of the authors topic briefly talking about the progressive movements and wouldn’t go into detail as to what events took place involving women. But she was able to find that in the late 1980’s women did start to make a lot of appearances in literature which she found to be very helpful in her investigation. What I found most interesting was in part II of her discussion where Perry discuses different way to approach the progressive era.
First she says that historians should discuss the meanings and consequences of women’s suffrage. If that was done then would have a clear understand of events took place and to have and understanding of what happened because of those events. Historians need to be more informative and discuss the meaning a consequences of women suffrage. According to the author historian’s mainly focus on the early victories and they emphasize the disappointments . I understand why historian would discuss those victors and downfalls, those are seen as the most important and feel that those are the ones that have to be shared. I do agree that there should have been focus women suffrage as a whole rather than certain events. Because it not giving the whole story can create confusion on what actually happened. Secondly she thinks that they should rethink the attention they pay to moral reforms movements. To According to the author the “almost every Progressive cause had its moral dimensions…”1 moral
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Thirdly they need to broaden the terms of politics so that it also includes women’s activism. In And lastly, and what I think is most important, was periodization. When did this actual happen and what started it? When important event happen it is very important to keep track of when that event took place. If there no specific date recorded then people are left to guess or estimate when it actual happened. Some of the historians say it was during the 1900 and more recently they say that it started in the 1890s. But another good question to ask is, when it was officially over? Did the progressive area end during the late 1900’s or is it still in progression today.