No Ordinary Women: How Progressive Era Refomers Reshaped America

A staggering gulf between rich and poor. Rampant inequality. Business running government. Failing infrastructure. The United States in the late 1800s sounds a lot like it does now. But amazing activism by everyday citizens, a remarkable number of them women, may be a blueprint for today. Through persistence and persuasion, these mostly middle-class Americans reshaped society, government, and the economy. They were the core of the Progressive Era.