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Progressive Era in the United States
- Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt Jr. was born on the 27th of October 1858, at 28 East 20th Street in Manhattan. His youth was defined by debilitating asthma attacks that…
- William McKinleyWilliam McKinley Jr. stood in the ranks of the Poland Guards on a June day in 1861, holding a rifle and wearing a uniform that had not yet been issued to his…
- John D. RockefellerJohn Davison Rockefeller was born on the 8th of July 1839 in a small village called Richford, New York. He entered the world as the second child of William A.
- Woodrow WilsonIn 1856, a child named Woodrow Wilson stood near the front gate of his family's parsonage in Augusta, Georgia. He was three years old when he heard a…
- Elizabeth Cady StantonElizabeth Cady was born on the 12th of November 1815 into a prominent family in Johnstown, New York. Her father Daniel Cady stood as one of the richest…
- Susan B. AnthonySusan Anthony was born on the 15th of February 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. Her father Daniel Anthony and mother Lucy Read raised seven children within a…
- Standard OilJohn D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil in Ohio on the 1st of January 1870, with one million dollars of capital. The initial stock split saw…
- Charles A. BeardCharles Austin Beard was born on the 27th of November 1874 in Knightstown, Indiana. He grew up working on a family farm in the Corn Belt region.
- Upton SinclairUpton Beall Sinclair Jr. entered the world on the 20th of September 1878, in Baltimore, Maryland. His father worked as a liquor salesman while his mother…
- W. E. B. Du BoisWilliam Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born on the 23rd of February 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. His mother Mary Silvina Burghardt came from a…
- Walter LippmannWalter Lippmann was born on the 23rd of September 1889 on New York's Upper East Side. He grew up as the only child in a wealthy family with German-Jewish…
- The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive EraThe Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era opened its doors to scholars in 2002. This publication emerged from a need to cover American history…