The nineteenth-century started a wave of revolution. Advancements were being made in almost every aspect of daily life. People could use electric lights, travel across the country on a railroad, or make use of the new method of transportation, the automobile. Perhaps one of the greatest advancements...

Introduction Florence Kelley was born in Philadelphia in 1859 into a cultured and affluent family. Her family was actively devoted to social reform. Her father, Congressman William (Pig Iron) Kelley, fought passionately to persuade government to uphold the rights of the poor and weak. He str...

The Progressive Era had a number of sources how the reform got on its way. With its increase in productivity and number of consumer goods, Industrialization created unemployment, wasteful natural resources, and abuse from corporate powers. Growing Cities magnified problems of poverty, disease, cr...