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Persistence proved vital for both efforts as women soon became pivotal in many elections after casting their first votes in 1914. Following the initial surge of initiatives during the reform-minded Progressive Era, use of the initiative ebbed and flowed depending on the tenor of ... The ebbs and flows of the Oregon System;
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arcweb.sos.state.or.us/exhibits/1857/after/initiative.h...
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Governor of Oregon, New Deal Democrat, populist and progressive, ... Johnston describes one side of the coin, asserting that the middle class during the Progressive Era created a "radical democratic populism" that propelled much progressive political change in Oregon and the United States.2 Describing the other side of the coin,
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www.historycooperative.org/journals/ohq/110.3/mccoy.htm...
www.historycooperative.org/journals/ohq/110.3/mccoy.html
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The anti-tobacco movement in the Progressive; Era: A case study of direct democracy in Oregon ; ... Even “[m]ost of the doctors who attacked cigarettes during the progressive era regarded health as a secondary issue in the debate over smoking.” (Tate, 1999, p. 52). The anti-cigarette movement enjoyed its Wrst...
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www.wfu.edu/~heckeljc/papers/published/EEH2005.pdf
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Women played a significant role in social and political reform efforts during the Progressive Era. The following links take you to various websites that contain documents showing the importance of women on progressive politics.
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www.research.umbc.edu/~lindenme/hist441/reform.htm
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There was great interest during the Progressive Era (1900-1917) in investigation and amelioration of hazardous working conditions. President Theodore Roosevelt had championed the conservation movement and broadened its scope to include the saving of human life.
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www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/mono-regsafepart05.h...
www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/mono-regsafepart05.htm
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The industrial commission idea had great appeal in an era when there was much dissatisfaction with the old factory inspection and factory law system, ... In addition to a three‑pronged movement focused largely on industrial safety, there was a sharp increase, during the Progressive period, of interest in occupational...
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www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/mono-regsafepart06.h...
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This paper explores the origins and impact of "truth-in-advertising" regulation during the Progressive era. Was advertising regulation adopted in response to rent-seeking on the part of firms who sought to limit the availability of advertising as a competitive device?
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www.nber.org/papers/w11927
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In this paper we develop several summary measures of labor regulation that document the changes in labor regulation across states and over time during the Progressive Era.
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www.nber.org/papers/w14167
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The decades between 1890 and 1920 constituted a period of such vital reform activity that historians have dubbed them "the Progressive era." In this age, millions of Americans organized in voluntary associations to devise solutions to the myriad problems created by industrialization, urbanization, and immigration.
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www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/prog.htm
www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/prog.htm
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