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The Age of Reform is a 1955 [1] Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Richard Hofstadter.It is an American history, which traces events from the Populist Movement of the 1890s through the Progressive Era to the New Deal of the 1930s.
One of the most active leaders in the anti-suffrage movement in Texas was Pauline Kleiber Wells who was from Brownsville, Texas. [40] Pauline Wells was married to a powerful Democratic Party "boss," James B. Wells, Jr. [ 40 ] Pauline Wells began to campaign against women's suffrage in Texas in 1912. [ 40 ]
Flag of Texas. Texas secession movements, also known as the Texas Independence movement or Texit, [1] [2] refers to both the secession of Texas during the American Civil War as well as activities of modern organizations supporting such efforts to secede from the United States and become an independent sovereign state.
In their book, Texas Politics Today 2009-2010, authors Maxwell, Crain, and Santos attribute Texas' traditionally low voter turnout among whites to these influences. [4] But beginning in the early 20th century, voter turnout was dramatically reduced by the state legislature's disenfranchisement of most blacks, and many poor whites and Latinos.
The definition of populism is a complex one as due to its mercurial nature; it has been defined by many different scholars with different focuses, including political, economic, social, and discursive features. [4] Populism is often split into two variants in the US, one with a focus on culture and the other that focuses on economics. [5]
The anti-prostitution movement involved three main groups: Christians, Progressive Era feminists, and physicians. Many individuals active in the anti-prostitution movement shared some of the same perspectives from each of these groups. Jane Addams, one of the most notable of early American social workers, wrote a book addressing prostitution.
State representative, Jess Alexander Baker, introduces a suffrage amendment to the Texas Constitution in the Thirty-second Legislature. [14] Jovita Idar begins to write pro-suffrage articles in her family's Spanish language newspaper, La Cronica. [19] 1912. Anna Howard Shaw tours Texas and there is a revival of interest in women's suffrage. [20]
Harvard University Press. Despite the author's bias against direct democracy, the book is a good read for the issues, personalities, and organizations in the Progressive period of the Reform Era. De Figueiredo, John M., Chang Ho Ji, and Thad Kousser. "Financing direct democracy: Revisiting the research on campaign spending and citizen initiatives."