Women's Role In The Progressive Era

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In chapter 18, the author talked about how woman played a significant role in the progressive era. The biggest victory was the passage of the 19th amendment, enfranchising women and being the 27th country to allow women to vote. Women’s reform redefined the role of the federal government. Women worked to expand the scope of the federal government by overseeing issues such as wages, health working conditions, sanitation and social welfare. Eleanor Roosevelt was involved in the women’s movement when Franklin Roosevelt brought the women’s reform movement into the federal government for the first time. Women’s reformers were not only successful in expanding roles of women in the economy, society and politics but also in improving the lives of