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Life Story: Jane Addams

years old. Her father was a prominent businessman, banker, Civil War veteran, and Republican politician who claimed Abraham Lincoln as one of his many friends. His commitment to social reform and women’s education significantly shaped Jane’s view of the

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Waged Industrial Work

School. Image. Middle School. Modernizing America, 1889−1920. Motherhood. Northeast. Region. Resource Type. Social Reform. South. Themes. Topics. Units. Visual Learning. Work. Work, Labor, and Economy. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912

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Life Story: Clara Lemlich Shavelson

York City. Look at the advertisement for the feminist mass meeting (also held at Cooper Union) and consider how and why mass meetings were an important tool used by activists and social reformers in this era. Compare Clara’s life story with that of

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Exercise and Functional Fashion

School. Middle School. Modernizing America, 1889−1920. Public & Personal Health. Resource Type. Science, Technology, and Medicine. Social Reform. Themes. Topics. Units. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899

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Life Story: Emma Goldman

. Life Story. Middle School. Modernizing America, 1889−1920. Motherhood. Northeast. Power and Politics. Region. Resource Type. Social Reform. Suffrage. Themes. Topics. Units. Work. 1869. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880

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Fighting for Healthy Women and Families

Change. Classroom Application. Document. Domesticity and Family. High School. Modernizing America, 1889−1920. Motherhood. Northeast. Public & Personal Health. Region. Resource Type. Social Reform. Themes. Topics. Units. Work. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919

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What is Feminism?

SOCIAL CHANGE Source Notes Activism and Social Change. Classroom Application. Document. High School. Middle School. Modernizing America, 1889−1920. Motherhood. Northeast. Region. Resource Type. Social Reform. Themes. Topics. Units. Work. 1914. 1915. 1916

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Life Story: Nellie Bly

XZpZGVyIj48L2Rpdj4= Combine Elizabeth Cochrane’s life story with the life stories of Ida B. Wells, Jovita Idar, and Edith Maude Eaton, all of whom used a career in journalism to advocate for social reform. Connect Elizabeth Cochrane’s work to that of

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Mexican Women Unionize

School. Latinx Experiences. Middle School. Modernizing America, 1889−1920. Region. Resource Type. Social Reform. South. Themes. Topics. Units. Work. Work, Labor, and Economy. 1919. 1920

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