house and cared for the children. While this may sound appealing to some‚ women in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s‚ the Progressive Era‚ yearned to do their part in earning wages for their families. To overcome the difficulties that came along with reestablishing a social norm‚ women were forced through many hardships to prove that they were able to stand among men as a prominent
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The Progressive Era was a time of social activism and political reform for the United States. This era started to bloom in the 1890s‚ and women took this opportunity to push for their rights. Women that took the leap to secure the nineteenth amendment include Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Frances E. Willard‚ Margaret Sanger‚ and Carrie Chapman Catt. These brave women made themselves heard‚ when men turned their ears away from them. Although it took these women and many more until 1920 to pass the nineteenth
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Women fought a lot to gain full equality during the Progressive era. The perfection of the American Revolution increased women’s suppositions‚ encourage some of the first straight forward requirements for impartiality and observed the formation of female institutions to enhance women’s education. According to http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraid=11(by the early 19th century‚ American women had the highest female literacy rate in the world). The American government’s expanded suffrage to
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Unit II: Women during the Progressive Era Kenedra Coney HIS 204 Professor Owens May 29‚ 2011 Unit II: Women in the Progressive Era During the decades between 1890s and 1920s there was a new age of reform there was so much reform activity that historians called this era the Progressive Era. During this time there were millions of Americans that were organized in association to many solutions to industrialization‚ urbanization‚ and immigration problems that brought about a new social reform order
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Throughout the Progressive Era many reform and laws were enforced. It was a great time for several groups especially women. During the Progressive Era we started to see women in public more often working and being accepted into society as equal to men. However‚ there were exceptions. Women still could not vote‚ were not given the same jobs men could get‚ were being paid less‚ and were still seen as homemakers. This was unacceptable in the eyes of many including: Young Women’s Christian Association
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The Progressive Era lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s focusing on many different issues. During the Progressive Era women played a key part in trying to make changes in their political rights and making advancements in progressivism. “Equal Rights” was not what it seemed to be‚ women of course had their freedom but they necessarily didn’t have the freedom to vote like that of men. There are so many different things that led to women getting involved in the Progressive Era. Before women’s suffrage
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Before the Progressive Era women found themselves in traditional roles raising the family and keeping the families moral compass pointing in the proper manner. Many of them never considered life outside of them home‚ as this was how they were raised. In the advent of the beginning years of the Progressive Era with many of the largest companies controlling the largest chunks of America’s financial interests these same women were looking outside. By this I mean‚ the very important job they had raising
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The Progressive Era The progressive era was a time of great change‚ the way people thought and what they did began to change quickly. Industry and business also changed a great deal in this era‚ with the many new inventions and strong businessmen things where rapidly changing. The progressive era lasted about 40 years‚ from 1879-1920. In 1879 Tomas Edison invented the electric light‚ I guess you could say he just lit the way for may other inventions that people made during this time period
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characteristics of the Progressive Era. 1. Rising power- well educated of the middle class put business men‚ lawyers‚ social workers‚ doctors‚ clergy‚ educators because the core of the progressive era. Primarily urban the rising middle class had the moral training that stressed a Christian duty to help those less fortunate and devote time to reform efforts. 2. Wide variety of reform efforts- problems ranging from political corruption‚ trusts‚ taxation‚ railroad rates‚ working conditions‚ women suffrage‚ civil
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20th Century American History Progressive Era 2/9/2013 Kristie McBryde The Progressive Era‚ at its most progressive time in history. 1900-1918 The Progressive came from a long tradition of middle-class people with a strong sense of social duty to the poor. The social high-ups wherein blue-blooded‚ native stock was at the top and the poor along with the darker skinned were at the bottom‚ was accepted by the group. But enacted in their role as privileged members of society was a certain
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