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It is difficult to get a man to understanding something when his job depends on not understanding.

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It is difficult to get a man to understanding something when his job depends on not understanding.

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Temperance leader Carrie Nation gained notoriety during the Gilded Age for smashing up saloons with a hatchet to bring attention to her sobriety agenda. She was also a strong voice for the suffrage movement.
"It is not possible to make a bad law. If is is bad, it is not a law."

Carrie Nation may be well known for the 18th Amendment she did so in the attempt to help women, seeing alcohol as the reason why husbands were abusive and by getting rid of alcohol she could in fact better the lives of women.

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He was a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist who published the crises of housing, education, and poverty at the height of European immigration.

“Some defeats are only installments to victory.”

-I chose Jacob Riis because I did not know much about him and think the exposure of what was happening to immigrants when coming to America was very important to the masses.
submitted by: Brett Ballard

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Suffragist, Feminist, and Women's Rights Activist.   One of the main leaders in obtaining the passage of the 19th Amendment.
"It is better, as far as getting the vote is concerned, I believe, to have a small, united group than an immense debating society." Alice Paul
I picked her because I watched Timeless on NBC and she was one of the featured individuals on the show and it peaked my interest!

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“You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the great struggle for independence.”
― Charles Austin Beard

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He was. a(n)..
-educator
-author
-reformer
-advocate for the scientific approach
-basically changed the way medicine was taught at schools

I choose Flexner because I had NEVER heard of him and he was an educator.

"Science, in the very act of solving problems, creates them"

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Investigative journalist investigating corruption in municipal government in American cities.

I was curious about him since he was an investigative journalist - I wanted to know what he was investigating.

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3 Time Democratic presidential candidate.  Represented by the Lion in the Wizard of Oz.

I chose Bryan because I have always been fascinated with the economics of the era and how he framed the plight of the farmers as he ran for president. Of course I learned the Wizard of Oz reference in the reading prep last night.

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African American activist who championed racial equality and women’s suffrage

“Lifting as we climb”—became the motto of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), the group she helped found in 1896.

Terrell fought for woman suffrage and civil rights because she realized that she belonged “to the only group in this country that has two such huge obstacles to surmount…both sex and race.”

I selected her because I had not heard of her and wanted to learn more about her.

Submission by Debra LaFountaine

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Description: She was a teacher, author, and journalist. She advocated for more inclusion in the journalism industry for black women.

The streets may be the narrowest
In dear Old Philadelphia,
But still your course is straightest
In dear Old Philadelphia.

– Gertrude Bustill’s “Dear Old Philadelphia”

Why did I choose her? I was looking to learn more about a suffragist whom I am less familiar with.

Submission by: Apryl Taylor

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Ran for the presidency three times. Represented the interests of farmers and that of people in rural areas.
I chose This character because of his struggles against the capitalists from the North East. And because I want to learn more specifically about his political career and views.

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“You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the great struggle for independence.”
― Charles Austin Beard, Historian

I selected Charles Beard because I didn't see anyone else picking him when the activity started. I didn't know anything about him. However, I did enjoy this quote, especially in today's political climate.

Submission by Gary Benedix

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Lease was a significant activist tied to the Populist party and was a skilled orator. Areas of concern in her advocacy included suffrage and labor rights.

“"Wall Street owns the country. It is no longer a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, but a government of Wall Street, by Wall Street and for Wall Street. . .”

I choose Lease purely because she was one of the few female figures on the list I wasn’t familiar with beyond vaguely recognizing the name.

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Civil Rights Activist
“To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships”

“Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.”

I chose DuBois given the current climate of politics and race that has everything to do with past struggles and where we’ve come from as a country

-Oniel Rodriguez

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Medical Examiner

-Abraham Flexner created a special, new, and unique concept of medical school education in the U.S.
-Simon Flexer developed his innovative medical program for the Rockefeller Institute (now Rockefeller University)
-supported by a grant from the AMA to the Carnegie Foundation, Flexner personally visited each of the US schools of medicine and recommended half close
-brought Albert Einstein to the U.S.

I chose him since I never heard of him.

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1. He coined the term "conspicuous consumption" in his book The Theory of the Leisure Class
2. Created the Veblen Good - a product whose demand increases as its price increases because consumers consider it an exclusive status symbol

I picked him because his ideas basically created the foundation for an understanding of the 1920's economy

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'I AIMED FOR THE PUBLIC'S HEART, AND. . .HIT IT IN THE STOMACH'
Sinclair is best known for his 1906 expose of the meatpacking industry, "The Jungle." This led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act.
His book, "The Jungle", reinforces why I am a vegetarian : )

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exposed labor and sanitary conditions in the US meatpacking industry, causing public uproar that contributed in part toe the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act.

"I aimed at the publics 'heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."

I chose Upton Sinclair because his writing have impacted me daily as I purchase food and make decisions about what I eat. His awareness and impact had a critical impact on society.

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"Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes."

I chose John Dewey simply because I had never heard of him before and wanted to learn about someone new. He had many quotes and thoughts on education as well as the scientific community.

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Theory of the Leisure Class (1899) where he argued that there was a basic distinction between the productiveness of "industry", run by engineers manufacturing goods, vis-a-vis the parasitism of "business" that exists only to make profits for a leisure class. The chief activity of the leisure class was "conspicuous consumption", and theireconomic contribution is "waste," activity that contributes nothing to productivity."
I think economics plays a underlining part of how history moves.

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Charlotte Hawkins Brown was a Black educator and founder of the Palmer Memorial Institute, a boarding school and "safe haven" for African American youth.

"Let us take time, therefore, to be gracious, to be thoughtful, to be kind. . . with greater velocity on the upward road to equal opportunity and justice for all."

I chose Charlotte Hawkins Brown because I had never heard of her before, but was intrigued by the fact that she was an educator like myself :)

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Economist and sociologist created a dichotomy between institutions and technology and their influence over the economy.  Believed in expanding how economists viewed the world arguing for the inclusion of social and political factors.

I have a strong interest in how economics influences our world.

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John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. He was a professor at the University of Chicago. He was a major voice of progressive education and liberalism.

"Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another." - John Dewey

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was a social and political reformer and the pioneer of the term wage abolitionism

"Kelley concludes that real philanthropic work consists in elevating class consciousness."

Florence was a product of parents who believed in philanthropic works. Well educated and well traveled, she will pioneer children's rights in working environments!

I choose Florence Kelley because she was a trailblazer and pioneer for women, children's and African-American rights in the United States.

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Civil Rights Advocate, Reform Leader, Journalist, and Suffragist

"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them."

I chose Ida B Wells because she was courageous and fought for anti-lynching laws.