Women in the Progressive Era

Introduction
Introduction to Women in the Progressive Era
The Status of Women
Introduction to Clubwomen
The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC)
Causes: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Causes: The Woman Suffrage Movement
Causes: The Birth Control Movement
Settlement House Women
Hull House
The Children's Bureau
The National Consumers League
African American Women During the Progressive Era
African American Women Reform Efforts
Racial Divisions in the Progressive Era
Working Women: The Women's Trade Union League
Women and the Peace Movement
Women in World War I
Legacy of Women in the Progressive Era
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African American Women During the Progressive Era

Images from the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900, coordinated by W.E.B. Du Bois

Women hoeing a field in Georgia, Libray of Congress, LC-USZ62-103813

Women working in a laundry in Richmond, Viriginia, Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-118030

Women tobacco workers in Richmond, Virginia, Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-69316

African American women were also involved in reform efforts during the Progressive Era, largely independently from white women. During the Progressive Era, many important changes occurred in the lives of black women. Hundreds of thousands migrated from the South to the North and from rural to urban areas. In addition, many black women moved from employment in agriculture to employment in factories and as domestic servants. In addition to facing sexism, black women also faced institutional racism and overtly violent acts of racism, such as lynching.