Progressive Era Activists

A activist, known for her work in the settlement house movement and co-founding Hull House in Chicago.

Leaders in the women's suffrage movement, instrumental in the fight for women's right to vote in the United States.

Reformer for the temperance movement (against alcohol) and president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

An advocate for education and prison reform in Alabama, known for her efforts to improve conditions for prisoners and expand educational opportunities for women.

A pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross, known for her saving lives during the American Civil War.

An muckraker (investigative journalist), best known for her work exposing the unfair practices of the Standard Oil Company. Rockefeller's company

A journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s.

An author and muckraker, famous for his novel 'The Jungle' which exposed the harsh and dirty conditions in the U.S. meatpacking industry.

A journalist and photographer who highlighted the poor living conditions in New York City tenements in his work 'How the Other Half Lives.'

A political cartoonist known for his influential work in the 19th century, including the influencing the arrest of William "Boss" Tweed