This collection uses primary sources to explore Mormon migration.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the development of schools for deaf and blind students in the nineteenth century.

An interesting interview with Robyn Muncy, a Professor of History, about Addams and the philosophy of the women who started the Hull House.

The text and pictures of the book written by Jane Addams about her experiences at Hull House.

Many social movements in the early 19th century had a religious foundation. Read about the Benevolent Empire, a loose coalition of Protestant denominations that addressed social issues of the time.

Ohio Social Studies test preparatory module informs about the anti-slavery movement, the Underground Railroad and the key role Ohio played during this era. Site includes video tutorial, interactive practice material, and assessment.

Extensive profile of the life of American poet and reformer, Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910). She is best remembered as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."

This resource provides the 19th Amendment and a short history of the women's suffrage movement state by state.

Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902 CE), noted suffragist and reformer of the women's rights movement. Additional content includes a photograph and Stanton's statement before the Judiciary...

A great essay on the Enlightenment period of the 18th century with hyperlinks to many individuals and movements of the time. A very scholarly look at the "age of enlightenment."

A brief outline of information about African Americans & reform during the Progressive Era. Links to more information on Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Marcus Garvey.

This site is a biographical page devoted to the life of the Theologist Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918 CE).

This site provides an explanation of the Liberation Theology movement that swept through Latin American Catholicism to liberate the poor from economic and social oppression.

Explores the development of the textile industry in Great Britain, focusing on the invention of various machines. Also,discusses the social effects of the Industrial Revolution and the connections between the Industrial Revolution and...

A brief outline of information about African Americans & reform during the Progressive Era. Links to more information on Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Marcus Garvey.

Country Studies offers an article of the social causes and political outcomes of Chinese self-strengthening reform in the 19th century.

This comprehensive survey of the women's movement during the 1960s and 1970s documents women and politics, women's wages, legal discrimination against women, stereotypes of women, women's rights legislation, and women's rights...

Take a look at this excerpt, published by the Henry George Institute, of George's "Progress and Poverty". Includes author's photo & other clip art.

The roles available to women increased during the urbanization of America. Find out how the women's sphere of the home expanded into the community. See what new jobs were availabe to single, middle-class women, and read about how...

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Lugenia Burns Hope, an American social reformer whose Neighborhood Union and other community service organizations improved the quality of life for blacks in Atlanta, Ga., and served as a...

This site details the work of Dorothy Day as she began the Catholic Worker Movement. It gives an in-depth look at her religious influence and social ministry legacy.

Berlin Modernism Housing Estates. The property consists of six housing estates that testify to innovative housing policies from 1910 to 1933, especially during the Weimar Republic, when the city of Berlin was particularly progressive...

Open this page for links to the full text of Henry George's "Progress and Poverty", which became popular during the American Progressive Era.

Read about the first two decades of the twentieth century, when Texans shared the optimism and confidence that permeated American society in the time period called the Progressive Era.