Addams, Jane, ca. 1913Portrait of social reformer Jane Addams (1860-1935) of the Hull House, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1913.
Du Bois, W.E.B., 1918Sociologist, author, and civil rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) believed that blacks would find it more difficult than members…
Factory Inspectors Past and Present, 1914Concerns about health, hygiene, and food safety, once confined to the family and left largely to women, became a matter…
Patten, Simon Nelson, ca. 1900German-trained economist Simon N. Patten (1852-1922) connected business progressivism with a critique of nineteenth-century liberal economics in innovative ways. As…
Postcard of the Wayne Knitting Mills Clubhouse, 1911Most of the mill’s welfare capitalist initiatives took place in the clubhouse. There, workers could attend lectures and classes, and…
Ross, Edward A., undated portraitSociologist Edward A. Ross (1866-1951) was one of many progressive social scientists who perpetuated the view that blacks were inferior…
Shaw, Albert, ca. 1907Albert Shaw (1857-1947) was a journalist and the editor and publisher of Review of Reviews, a progressive magazine.
Wald, Lillian, n.d.Lillian Wald (1867-1940) was born into a German-Jewish family in Cincinnati. After graduating from nursing school in New York City,…
