History People Progressives

Upton Sinclair

“The Jungle”; Meat Industry

Mother Jones

Led the march of the children

Von Vorost

“Women who Toil”; Went under cover in certain industries across the country

Lincoln Steffens

“The Shame of the Cities”; Alliance between big businesses & politicians

Ida Tarbell

Standard Oil

Frank Norris

“Octopus & The Pit”; Suffering of the common man

Jacob Riis

Exposing the living conditions of immigrants

Ida B. Wells

Women’s Movement & Lynching

David Philips

Exposed treason in the senate

Samuel “Golden-Rule” Jones

First mayor to buy utilities and supply the people

Seth Low

Progressive mayor of NYC

Carrie Nation

Anti Salon League

Francis Willard

Women’s Christian Temperance Union

Gifford Pinchot

First US Forest Service Chief (Conservation)

John Muir

Preservation of forests

Theodore Roosevelt

1901-1909

William Howard Taft

1909-1913 Raises Tariffs

Woodrow Wilson

1913-1921 Reduces Tariffs