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Chapter Enrichment Links
Chapter 8: The Age of Reform |
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Section 1: The Progressive Movement |
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American History 1900:
A site including a series of Web guides on the decades of the 1900s. It provides detailed facts about each decade, as well as links to sites featuring art, architecture, history, education, literature, and fashion.
Web site by Kingwood College Library |
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Edith Wharton:
A detailed Web site about Edith Wharton and her works.
Web site by: Smithsonian Institution |
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Theodore Dreiser:
An indepth site from the International Theodore Dreiser Society. This page contains biographical information, as well as links to several libraries with archives of Dreiser’s works.
Web site by: University of North Carolina at Wilmington |
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Fashions:
A detailed site about fashion in the early 1900s. It includes several pictures and detailed descriptions of men’s and women’s fashions during the early 1900s.
Web site by: The University of Alaska |
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Section 2: Reforming the New Industrial Order |
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Union AFL-CIO:
The home page of the American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial
Organizations (AFL-CIO), the voluntary federation of American
unions, which represent more than 13 million working women and
men nationwide.
Web site by: AFL-CIO |
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Rose Schneiderman:
A biography of Rose Schneiderman with a flyer from a 1912 meeting:
Web site by: Binghamton University |
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Willa Sibert Cather:
Willa Cather worked for six years on the editorial staff of McClure’s Magazine. Explore her biography and several of her works, including one for which she won a Pulitzer Prize.
Web site by: Harvard University |
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Bread and Roses:
A poem by James Oppenheim about the phrase “bread and roses” coined by Rose Schneiderman during the suffragist movement.
Web site by: Binghamton University |
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1912 Lawrence Strike:
A detailed source about the struggle of immigrant workers to achieve a decent standard of living in America.
Web site by: Binghamton University |
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Suffrage Movement:
A Web site with links to detailed information about the Suffragist movement, as well as about Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Web site by: University of Rochester |
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The 19th Amendment:
The 19th Amendment in its original form. This site includes photographs from a suffrage parade in New York City that took place about 1912.
Web site by: the National Archives |
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Tables Illustrating the Spread of Industrialization:
Statistics about the spread of industrialization through the United States and the world during the early 1900s.
Web site by: Fordham University |
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Labor History:
A detailed Web site about labor history. It contains several links to labor related sites, including sites about working women and child labor, the Haymarket martyrs, and the Molly Maguires.
Web site by: Red Robin |
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National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.:
A site giving the context of this federal case.
Web site by: William Brinton |
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Section 3: Reforming Society |
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Prohibition:
A site that includes links to prohibition cartoons, speeches, and papers. There is also information about Frances Willard and her role during prohibition.
Web site by: Ohio State University |
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Assembly Line
A picture and detailed information about the first moving assembly line.
Web site by: PBS Online |
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Architecture:
A history of design and the concept of art nouveau..
Web site by: Barbara Garet |
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Frank Lloyd Wright:
A detailed Web site about Frank Lloyd Wright and his contribution to architecture. There are links to several photographs and descriptions of his works.
Web site by: Library of Congress |
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