Progressive Era Social

Jacob Riis

1890

Jacob Riis the city editor of the New York Tribune, author and photographer publishes "How the Other Half Lives" graphically describing the squalor of the New York slums.

John Dewey

1896

Educator and social reformer John Dewey establishes a “progressive” school in Chicago.

Frank Norris

1901

Frank Norris (1870 – 1902) publishes 'The Octopus: A Story of California' . Writing in the naturalist genre about the conflict between the California wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad.

Anthracite

1902

The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902 was one of America's largest industrial strikes and saw President Roosevelt act as a mediator.