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Category Archives: 1900-1916
Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911
The Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller scrapbooks are a part of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. These scrapbooks document the activities of the Geneva Political Equality Club, which the Millers founded in 1897, as well as efforts at the state, national, and international levels to win the vote for women. This scrapbooks are proves that not only were treated unfairly ways back, but also they begun to fight their rights for ever.
This books are important because it shows that civil right movements did not start just yesterday or out of blue, but in 1800’s and till we still have some activists that are fighting for equal wages between men and women or equal job opportunities for everyone.
Posted in 1900-1916, June 29 assignment
Tagged civil activies, equal rights
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1912 RMS Titanic sunk
RMS Titanic sank in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on the night of 12 of April, 1912, after it crashed into iceberg, even tough, the crew received 6 iceberg warnings on the day of the collision. Titanic was the largest passenger ship when set off on its first trip. It could have held about 3,000 people, but it had only 20 lifeboats. Titanic set off with 2,223 passengers on board, but only 706 were rescued.
The image shows RMS Titanic leaving the port in Southampton.
Posted in 1900-1916, June 29 assignment, Social History
Tagged 1912, iceberg collision, steamship, Titanic
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Federal Reserve Act of 1913
Between 1836 and 1913, the United States banking system was not regulated by a central system. During this period, the United States economy experienced few financial panics. That happened because banks usually lent more money than they had in their reserves to cover sudden massive withdrawals. The signing of the Federal Reserve Act on December 23, 1913 was an important step taken by President Woodrow Wilson to make the financial system more stable. However, few years later, despite the creation of the Federal Reserve System, the United States experienced the Great Depression after the crash of the stock market in 1929.
http://www.llsdc.org/attachments/files/105/FRA-LH-PL63-43.pdf
Posted in 1900-1916, Economic History, June 29 assignment
Tagged Federal Reserve Act, Woodrow Wilson
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The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair
During the progressive era, Upton Sinclair’s novel had a tremendous impact on history. However, Foner briefly speaks of Sinclair in his book. Sinclair was a journalist for the muckrakers, in which the group of reporters investigate various social issues and publish their findings for the public.
Sinclair, in an effort to discover the issues of the meat packing industry, disguises himself as a worker. He later publishes his findings in “The Jungle,” in which he shows the various dangers of working in the meat packing factory. Some of the dangers people faced in working in the meat industry was the possibility of losing part of their hand eventually. For instance, losing your thumb from cutting meat products for an extended period of time or receiving various cut wounds were various types of common injury. Other dangers include contracting a disease from working in dirty/poorly circulated rooms and mutilations of the hand from various types of contact with toxic chemicals.
Other violations of the meat packing industry include food preparations, in which workers process food to cover up the smell of rotting food and mixing various waste parts of an animal. Due to Sinclair’s book, it has publicized the horrors and violations of working in the meat packing industry. This is important because is creates an awareness of the working conditions, which soon lead to laws regulating work conditions, the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.
The link below is an excerpt from the book “The Jungle.”
http://college.cengage.com/history/us/resources/students/primary/meat.htm
Below is a video giving a better idea of the working conditions Sinclair encountered at his time.
Posted in 1900-1916, June 28 assignment
Tagged 1906, drug act, journalist, meat packing industry, muckrakers, pure food act, The Jungle, Upton Sinclair, working conditions
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Nelson Mandela freed.
This is original BBC content–taken from YouTube.com–of an interview done with Nelson Mandela after his release on February 11, 1990. This marked one of the most significant changes in political history for South Africa; much of the world was also affected by this event. Four years later, Mandela became president in the first ever democratic election in South Africa, ending a system of state-sponsored racial inequality.
