The Progressives were a political party whose main goal was to eliminate problems caused by the past government. George Mowry, Gabriel Kolko, and Flanagan, Maureen A. all had different opinions on the Progressive Era in which they express through their books. Maureen Flanagan did a really good job and I believe he did the best on explaining the Progressive Era.
During the progressive era, there were many problems that needed to be fixed. Some of the main focuses were to eliminate problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in government. In the article written by George Mowry, he explains the economic, political and social division during the Progressive era. Mowry starts off by saying most of the reformers …show more content…
Both men and women had two different agendas on the reform movement and two completely different goals. Women were often ignored during the Progressive Era and they didn’t play a role in politics until they could vote. Because of the segregation between genders it became an battle between the City Club of Chicago and Women's City Club. Each club couldn’t agree on anything and had different ideas in mind. The Women's City Club was mainly focused on education and secondary school. They also came up with the idea of scholarships for the students and being able to attend college after the completion of high school. The Women’s City Club also wanted to cut down classroom size to thirty students per classroom and wanted to hire appropriate teachers for each subject to max out the education given to students, But the City Club disagreed with this idea which did not allow the Women’s Club to fulfill this idea. One of the most controversial topics between the two clubs was Police power in the city. The Women’s club demanded to have a police force in the streets during the reform protest to protect them. Also came up the topic of police brutality in the streets. Some of the women who were apart of the Women’s City Club claim to have saw the situation in which a cop assault a civilian during a
During the progressive era, there were many problems that needed to be fixed. Some of the main focuses were to eliminate problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in government. In the article written by George Mowry, he explains the economic, political and social division during the Progressive era. Mowry starts off by saying most of the reformers …show more content…
Both men and women had two different agendas on the reform movement and two completely different goals. Women were often ignored during the Progressive Era and they didn’t play a role in politics until they could vote. Because of the segregation between genders it became an battle between the City Club of Chicago and Women's City Club. Each club couldn’t agree on anything and had different ideas in mind. The Women's City Club was mainly focused on education and secondary school. They also came up with the idea of scholarships for the students and being able to attend college after the completion of high school. The Women’s City Club also wanted to cut down classroom size to thirty students per classroom and wanted to hire appropriate teachers for each subject to max out the education given to students, But the City Club disagreed with this idea which did not allow the Women’s Club to fulfill this idea. One of the most controversial topics between the two clubs was Police power in the city. The Women’s club demanded to have a police force in the streets during the reform protest to protect them. Also came up the topic of police brutality in the streets. Some of the women who were apart of the Women’s City Club claim to have saw the situation in which a cop assault a civilian during a