The progressive reform movement took place in the United States form the 1890s to the 1920s. Historians have many different viewpoints on this movement. They have different views on how they define the progressives and who they were, what social classes and ethnic groups they represented. They also provide their ideas on what type of reformed society they were looking for. These interpretations on progressivism come from historians including, George Mowry, Joseph Huthmacher, and James J. Connolly.
In “Progressivism: Middle Class Disillusionment”, written by George Mowry, he explains the good and bad of progressivism, but mainly focuses on the bad aspects of it. George Mowry explains that progressivism is not good for the future