Library of Congress
Loc: Progressive Era to New Era, 1900 1929
This website defines and explores the Progressive Era and various aspects of American society during that period of history. It contains fairly simple text and several images.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Victoria Woodhull
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1838-1927), who supported many progressive issues, including woman suffrage.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Notable American Female Social Reformers
This lesson will utilize the Internet to explore some of the more notable female social reformers in the United States from the mid-1850s to the early 1900s. Ideas for this lesson could include individual, group, or peer-to-peer...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: Unit Test
A thirteen question unit test over US history from 1890-1945.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: Quiz 2
Take this five-question comprehension quiz over the Progressives and World War I.
Social Studies Help Center
Social Studies Help Center: Turn of the Century African American Reformers
A brief outline of information about African Americans & reform during the Progressive Era. Links to more information on Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Marcus Garvey.
University of Pennsylvania
Suffrage Songs and Verses by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
This is the full text of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 1911 pamphlet that served to encourage women to rally to the cause of woman suffrage.
US Department of Labor
U.s. Department of Labor: William B. Wilson
The U.S. Department of Labor provides a portrait and a biography of the man who served as Wilson's Secretary of Labor from 1913-1921. William B. Wilson is given a brief biographical sketch, with good factual information being provided.
Other
Ecfs: Speech in Favor of Women's Suffrage
Read this 1910 speech by an Oklahoma Senator arguing in favor of women's suffrage in his state, based on Progressive ideals.
Other
International Museum of Women: Women, Power, and Politics: Victoria Woodhull
Ten things you should know about Victoria Woodhull who, in 1872, was the first woman to run for the presidency of the United States.
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Victoria Woodhull
Visit the National Women's Hall of Fame to learn a few basic facts about Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President of the United States.
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: Newton D. Baker
An interesting biography of Newton D. Baker, President Wilson's Secretary of War.
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: Bull Moose Party
Find out about the spilt in the Republican Party during the campaign of 1912, which resulted in the formation of the Bull Moose Party, the progressive party which selected Theodore Roosevelt as its candidate.
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: Direct Primaries
Find out why the implentation of direct primaries was a result of corruption in the political process.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Progressive Era Politics
Read this overview of the Progressive Era to find out about the economic, political, and philosophical conditions of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that led to changes in working conditions, reforms in...