Fear of Power Shift in 1800
Justis Gunn
Problem/issue
In the late 1800's early 1900's the fight for woman's suffrage was coming to a head. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led the fight. Together they created a woman's right society and attempted to win over states to women's rights. Women felt as if it was unfair that all men had the right to vote while women were being ignored. This is when women began to be stronger and stand up for their cause.
The 19th Amendment
The 19th amendment granted equal voting rights to women. This amendment ended suffrage opposition. Although the 19th amendment granted suffragists what they had been working so hard for it still did not end sexism and unfair treatment of women. A majority of men still felt that a women's job was at home.
Suffrage Association
- Title: WOMAN SUFFRAGE. HEADQUARTERS, NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION
- Creator(s): Harris & Ewing, photographer
- Date Created/Published: 1913.
- Medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
- Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-hec-02086 (digital file from original negative)
- Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
- Call Number: LC-H261- 2187 [P&P]
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Opposition to Suffrage
- Title: National Anti-Suffrage Association
- Creator(s): Harris & Ewing, photographer
- Date Created/Published: [1911(?)]
- Medium: 1 photographic print.
- Summary: Photograph shows men looking at material posted in the window of the National Anti-Suffrage Association headquarters; sign in window reads "Headquarters National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage".
- Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-25338 (b&w film copy neg.)
- Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
- Call Number: SSF - Women--Politics and Suffrage--191- [item] [P&P]
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Business and Expansion Booming
Problem/issue
During the progressive era business was going very well and factories and cities were growing faster and faster, however with the building of the cities poverty also increased with the size of the buildings. Due to immigration and not enough jobs starvation and poverty were at a all time high for the time period. False interpretations of ideas and opportunities in the big city led many people to poor lives.
Muckrakers
Muckrakers were journalists who brought issues to the public's attention. With things such as The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, establishment of the hull house and various photographs to bring attention to the unsafe poor conditions of the city contributed to massive changes.
Urban Development
Panorama of Chicago, ca. 1906, published by Universale View Co., Philadelphia, PA. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)
Overcrowded City
Resource L. Italian Neighborhood
Political Cartoon
Political Cartoon
In this cartoon Vanderbilt is racing his competitors to have the best business. He controlled a large part of the railroad system, hence the two much larger trains than the competitor. The names on the trains might have been places where he was largely successful.
Photography in the Progressive Era
The progressive era was a big time for photography. Many things were wrong in society such as, poverty, unsafe working conditions, and unsanitary living conditions. Many photographers sought out to reveal these injustices that were occurring. These early pioneers of photography wanted to bring history to life and set an example for those down the road.