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Labor unions
Labor unions faught for better working conditions. it was a work place were emploies must belong to union. Some however want to replace capitalism. -
tarbell and Standard oil
McClure's ran the first installment of History of the standard oil company. Tarbell was the daughter of an independant oil producer. She was deeply agred when Johm D. Rokefeller's oil company began swallowing up oil companies. -
ella flagg young superintendent of schools
First woman to hold such a job in major city. young promoted public education by raising teachers' salaries. jornalist Rheta chlide dorr wrote What eight million women want. -
African american Organize
A group of African American and white progressives met in New York City. They Discusswd lynching of two African American men in Springfield, Illinois, the previous year. The NAACP used the court system to fight civil rights restrictions. -
Men and women of urban middle class
these people were doctors, engineers, ministers, small- business owners, social workers, teachers, and writers. the middle class grew from 750,000 in 1870 to 10 million by 1910. Kansas editor william wHite described the change. Populism had shaved its whiskers, washed its shirt, put on a hat, and moved up to middle class. -
femail and child laborers
Women worked as factory workers, store clerks, and laundresses erned less than $6 a week.Children were employed to do work. Few child laborers had ever attended school or could read. -
American Indian Organize
American indians were mostly in the middle class. Members discused ways to improve civil rights. Some members supported strengthening native cultures. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
A tragic event hilighted the need for such reforms. 500 employees were compleating their work week. Then a fire erupted in a rag bin.