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==Women==
==Women==
Women came to the fore in the Progressive era and proved their value as social workers. [[Janes Addams]] of Chicago was only the most prominent of many leaders. The [[woman suffrage]] movement was a key part of Progressivism. It started in the west (with California giving the women the vote in 1912 after several smaller states), and moved east. It was opposed by ethnic machines in the northeast and traditionalists in the South, but finally became law by Constitutional amendment (the 19th) in August 1920.
Women came to the fore in the Progressive era and proved their value as social workers. [[Jane Addams]] of Chicago was only the most prominent of many leaders. The [[woman suffrage]] movement was a key part of Progressivism. It started in the west (with California giving the women the vote in 1912 after several smaller states), and moved east. It was opposed by ethnic machines in the northeast and traditionalists in the South, but finally became law by Constitutional amendment (the 19th) in August 1920.
==Prohibiition==
==Prohibiition==
Prohibition of the manufactuire and sale of alcohol was one of the main Progressive causes at the local, state and national level. It achieved national success with the passage of the 18th Amendment by Congress in late 1917, and the ratification by three-fourths of the states in 1919. It took effect in 1920, and was repealed in 1933. Evangelical church groups, especially methodists and Baptists, were the main activists in favor of prohibition. They were mobilized by the highly effective [[Anti-Saloon League]].
Prohibition of the manufactuire and sale of alcohol was one of the main Progressive causes at the local, state and national level. It achieved national success with the passage of the 18th Amendment by Congress in late 1917, and the ratification by three-fourths of the states in 1919. It took effect in 1920, and was repealed in 1933. Evangelical church groups, especially methodists and Baptists, were the main activists in favor of prohibition. They were mobilized by the highly effective [[Anti-Saloon League]].