Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Progressive Reformers



In history yesterday we continued to talk about the progressive era. Some of the most famous social reformers were Jane Addams, Margaret Sanger, and Booker T Washington. Jane Addams founded the settlement house movement through the establishment of the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois. This was a place where people could go if they were in need of help. Margaret Sanger helped reform the city by educating the urban poor families about the benefits of birth control because many people were having too many children that they could not care for and led to them suffering more than they already were. Sanger also founded Planned Parenthood. Booker T. Washington was a former slave who founded the Tuskegee Institute that focused on teaching African Americans skills that they would need to live a better life.

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Anonymous said...

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