Essential Question: What were the goals of the Progressive Movement?
I. Four Goals of progressivism
A. Protecting social welfare
1. Helping the poor through community centers, churches, and social
services
a. YMCA
b. Salvation Army
B. Promoting moral improvement
1. Improving moral behavior
a. Prohibition
-banned alcohol
C. Creating economic reform
1. Some Americans began to question the capitalist system
a. The rich got richer and the poor suffered
2. Socialism focused on spreading the wealth equally
D. Fostering efficiency
1. Scientific management
a. Time and motion studies to improve efficiency by breaking up
tasks into simpler parts
II. Reform at the state level
A. Protecting working children
1. The National Child Labor Committee gathered evidence on children
working in harsh conditions
a. States eventually passed laws, which banned child labor and set
maximum hours
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Chapter 17 Women in Public Life
Essential Questions: What kinds of job opportunities were available to women in the late 19th century? What impact did women have on society?
I. Women in the work force
A. Farm women
1. In addition to household duties, farm women also tended to
planting, plowing, and raising livestock.
B. Women in industry
1. 25% of women worked outside the home
a. Garment trade
b. Office clerks, store clerks, and teachers
-These jobs required a high school education
C. Domestic workers
1. Maids, cooks, and laundresses
a. Approximately 1 million African-American women
worked as domestic workers
II. Women and reform
A. National Association of Colored Women (NACW)
1. Dedicated to the moral education of African-Americans
a. These women managed nurseries, reading rooms, and
kindergartens
B. National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
1. Supported a woman�s right to vote
2. They faced constant opposition
a. Many men feared the changing role of women
b. liquor industry feared women would vote for
prohibition
c. Textile industry worried that women would vote to
restrict child labor