Industrialization
and Progressive Era Links
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Progressive Era
Links
- Gilded
Age and Progressive Era Resources
- The most
comprehensive list of general links related to the
progressive era available on the net. A must starting
place for individuals studying this era. Supported by
SHGAPE (Society for the Historical study of the Gilded
Age and Progressive Era).
- Child
Labor in America
- The History
Place's examination of the photographs and commentary of
Lewis Hine's work.
- Westinghouse
Works
- Another in
the long line of collections at American Memory this
collection contains 21 films showcasing the company's
operations during this time period.
- Triangle
Factory Fire
- Sponsored
by Cornell University, this site provides a comprehensive
look at the history of the fire.
- Ram's
Horn
- A
collection of images related to the progressive era from
a social gospel magazine published in Chicago around the
turn of the twentieth century.
- Cartoons
of the Gilded Age and Progressive
Era
- Site
maintained by the history department of Ohio State
University offers a small collection of politcal cartoons
related to this era.
- How
the Other Half Lives
- Hypertext
copy of the Jacob Riis study of tenement conditions in
New York.
- The
Jungle
- Upton
Sinclair's landmark piece that motivate Teddy Roosevelt
to enact consumer protection measures.
- Anti-Saloon
League
- The
Westerville Public library, home of the Anti-Saloon
League musuem, created this site share the library's
extensive collection of printed material about the
temperance movement.
- Radicalism
Collection -
Michigan State University published this collection of
primary source material related to different eras of
American radicalism. Or particular interest is the
collection on birth control and the IWW.
- Conservation
Movement
- Another
in the long list of collections at the American Memory
site sponsored by the Library of Congress. Excellent
source of primary materials.
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Women's Studies
Links
- Suffragist
Oral History Project
- A
collection of interviews of leaders and participants in
the women movement.
- Women
and Social Movements
- A
collection of primary documents related to women and
social movements in the United States between 1830 and
1930.
- Votes
for Women Suffrage
- From the
American Memory Collection....enough said. A super
collection of photographs of the drive for women's
suffrage.
- Failure
is Impossible
- An original play by Rosemary Knower originall produced
for the National Archives commemoration of the 75th
aniversary of the 19th Amendment. Part of the National
Archives.
- National
Archives
- NARA's page dedicated to primary source material,
activities and links related to women's
suffrage.
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Please note
that the number of links on this page is limited due to the fact that
students in American Studies will be creating a webquest on these
topics
