Kristie Tsao

Corona
Honors U.S. History Per. 2
10/24/14
Eleanor Roosevelt: The Progressive Movement (1900-1918)
Primary:
"The Progressive Movement." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2014.
This website shows what kind of movement Eleanor Roosevelt was involved in. This shows her
achieving many reforms and led to more rights. It is basic, important information going to be
used in my project.

"Brigid O'Farrell." Brigid OFarrell. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2014

This website shows how Roosevelt advocated for the common people and that to the people, she
was One of Us. She spoke for the women, workers, and African Americans to get the civil
rights that they deserved. This website is needed to for more information in my project
involving what kind of specific reforms she did during this movement.

"Women in the Progressive Era." Women in the Progressive Era. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2014.
This website shows the legacy held by women during the progressive movement. These women
included Eleanor Roosevelt and other people who fought for civil rights. This information will
be used to show that Roosevelt had a huge impact on expanding womens role which led to her
legacy.

Roosevelt, Eleanor. It's up to the Women. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1933. Print.

This book shows how women had fought for their own rights. After struggling for suffrage for
years, they realized that the majority of the other gender were not born or set out to fight for
womens rights. This led to other women fighting for their rights, including Roosevelt and a
distinct few.

Roosevelt, Eleanor. If You Ask Me. New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1946. Print.

This book was written by Roosevelt to show her own opinions about social and political reforms.
Her opinions eventually led to her leadership of her own reforms and the years it took to finally
enforce them was painful to watch. Finally, her opinions were noted and spread across America
to convince others to join her.

O'Farrell, Brigid. She Was One of Us: Eleanor Roosevelt and the American Worker. Ithaca, NY:
ILR, 2010. Print.

This book was written about Eleanor Roosevelt saying that she always advocated for the
common people and that to the people, she was One of Us. The reforms she did involved
giving civil rights to African Americans, workers, and women. This book is needed to see what
kind of specifics she also reformed.

Roosevelt, Eleanor, and Lorena A. Hickok. Ladies of Courage. New York: Putnam, 1954. Print.

This book showed her and other people having the couage to stand up for what they believe in.
She wrote it herself so it shows her point of view better than if someone else had written what is
hoes. Her specific actions are explained in this book, along with some other people

Roosevelt, Eleanor, and Allida M. Black. Courage in a Dangerous World: The Political Writings
of Eleanor Roosevelt. New York: Columbia UP, 1999. Print.

Roosevelt shows what kind of political reforms she wanted to change and what she wanted to
reform. The book was written in 1999 which possibly has a different point to view on it because
of it is more modern-day, as other books were written either immediately right after or during the
Progressive Era.

Glendon, Mary Ann. A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights. New York: Random House, 2001. Print.

This book shows the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document that entitles all human
beings to rights. Roosevelt also played an important role in drafting that, and it was she who
fought for equality for all women and African Americans. This book is important and will be
used in this project to finding out what exactly Roosevelt believed in.

Steinberg, Alfred. Mrs. R: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt. New York: Putnam, 1958. Print.
The life of Eleanor Roosevelt would be useful to see what her daily routines are, how she fought
for womens rights, and what she did exactly with details to reform it. Her actions are easily
analyzed to see what exactly she believed in. This book was used to see how Roosevelt felt or
believed in from a persons point of view.

Chambers, John Whiteclay. The Tyranny of Change: America in the Progressive Era, 18901920. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 2000. Print.

This book showed America in the Progressive Era, in which Roosevelt led her reforms here. It
showed how America changed over time during this period. This is used on how America
changed from a place of no rights for women into a free, equal society for everyone.

McGerr, Michael E. A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in
America, 1870-1920. New York: Free, 2003. Print.

This book showed what the progressive movement really was: a time for social and political
activism in the United States. This book has the meaning of what Eleanor Roosevelt played a
huge role in. Her fighting for rights of women contributed to the social reforms that has also
contribute to present society today.

Roosevelt, Eleanor, and Allida M. Black. What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of
Eleanor Roosevelt. Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Pub., 1995. Print.
This shows what Roosevelt wanted to leave behind. Definitively, she left behind a legacy that
will continuously be fought for until received, and that is what happened. This shows essays that
Roosevelt wrote and these will be used to define what she would have liked to see in the future.

Knight, Louise W. Jane Addams: Spirit in Action. New York: W.W. Norton, 2010. Print.

This book showed how a politically aggressive woman fought for women suffrage, African
American rights, and immigrant justice during the Progressive Era. Born almost around the
same time as Roosevelt, she shows her boldness just like Roosevelt and can be used to compare
what kind of women rights they both fought for.

Cook, Robert John. The Political Career of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt a Study of the Public
Conscience. N.p.: n.p., 1965. Print.

This book shows the important issues and takes Roosevelt had on. The book shows us why and
how Roosevelt fought for womens right in front of everyone. Although they struggled for many
years, they prevailed and eventually got what they wanted from the public conscience.

Crapol, Edward P. Women and American Foreign Policy: Lobbyists, Critics, and Insiders. New
York: Greenwood, 1987. Print.
This book was made to fit the womens ideal foreign policy; the lobbyists and critics had judged
the policy pretty strictly. This shows the importance and gravity of how serious the women were
about foreign policy; the women would not rest unless they got what they wanted.

Hareven, Tamara K. Eleanor Roosevelt: An American Conscience. Chicago: Quadrangle, 1968.

Print.
This book talked about how Roosevelt had an American conscience, which led to all her
political and social reforms. Her conscience led to a legacy that people would remember and
fight for forever. This book showed the why to why Roosevelt would fight so strongly for
womens civil rights.

Kearney, James R. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt; the Evolution of a Reformer. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1968. Print.

This book showed how Roosevelt became to be such a strong, hardcore reformer for racial and
womens civil rights. The evolution of Roosevelt is important to know because it is significant

to know why she was so headstrong in completing this task. The book explains how and why
she reforms a huge amount of things in America, and it changes lives.

Frankel, Noralee, and Nancy Schrom Dye. Gender, Class, Race, and Reform in the Progressive
Era. Lexington, KY: U of Kentucky, 1991. Print.
This book shows how gender, race and reform changed in the Progressive Era. Roosevelts main
purpose of reform was for womens and African Americans rights during this era. This book
was used to see what acts and reforms were passed for the Progressive movement.

Milkis, Sidney M., and Jerome M. Mileur. Progressivism and the New Democracy. Amherst: U
of Massachusetts, 1999. Print.

This shows how Progressivism resulted in a new democracy or a new society almost. Eleanor
Roosevelts reforms really had a big impact on this and this is used in my project for seeing how
she was really significant in reforming things.

Graham, Otis L. The Great Campaigns: Reform and War in America, 1900-1928. Englewood
Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1971. Print.

As a result of the campaigns that Roosevelt held, reform came but war did also. The cause and
effect of this was a positive and negative. This is important in determining what kind of reforms
she did that could result in a war.

Tobin, Eugene M. Organize or Perish: America's Independent Progressives, 1913-1933. New

York: Greenwood, 1986. Print.

This book was important because the Progressive movement was a positive or a negative. The
positive was reform, but the negative was war, or in the book, perishing. Roosevelt played a
huge role in the stage of Progressivism.

Edwards, Rebecca. Angels in the Machinery: Gender in American Party Politics from the Civil
War to the Progressive Era. New York: Oxford UP, 1997. Print.

The gender in the Civil War differed to the politics of the Progressive Era. Women like
Roosevelt spoke up for themselves. This book showed how the role of women changed from
being a housewife to the equivalent of what a man can do.

Cook, Blanche Wiesen. "Eleanor Roosevelt, Power and Politics: A Feminist Perspective,"
in Eleanor Roosevelt: An American Journey, San Diego University Press, 1987.

This book showed how feminists viewed the government politically and why they thought they
should change it. This is important and is used in my project because Roosevelt was a feminist
and she always thought that women needed more rights.

Cooke, Robert John. The Political Career of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: A Study of the Public
Conscience. Syracuse University, 1965.

This was important in determining how the public felt about Roosevelt. Of course they liked her
because she advocated for the common people and she was righteous. This was used in my
project to describe how they thought she was helpful to them.

Secondary:

"Eleanor Roosevelt and the Women's Movement." Eleanor Roosevelt and the Women's
Movement. Save America's Treasures, n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2014.
This website shows how Roosevelts evolution as a feminist starts. It also gives an incentive to
how the womens movement started and carried on because of her. Her legacy held on forever
and nothing was going to stop her. This website shows the obstacles, challenges, and
achievements that Roosevelt goes through in order to strive and complete the womens
movement.

"Eleanor Roosevelt / Women's Leadership in America History." Eleanor Roosevelt / Women's

Leadership in America History. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2014.

This website tells how Roosevelt took charge when her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt came
into office. A smart woman, Eleanor Roosevelt used her power as First Lady to demand that her
reforms be met. This website would tell us how she came to use her power and what kind of
reforms she wanted to happen.

"Eleanor Roosevelt." Eleanor Roosevelt. Soylent Communications, n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2014.

This provided a biography as to how Roosevelt grew up, who she married, and how she
eventually politically reformed society. A biography to how she grows up is important in
determining why she was so motivated in reforming these things. This website was used to also
see the specific things she wanted to see change.

Klemesrud, Judy. "ASSESSING ELEANOR ROOSEVELT AS A FEMINIST." The New York

Times. The New York Times, 04 Nov. 1984. Web. 24 Oct. 2014.

This website provided many quotes from Roosevelt. A person is interviewing her, and she
explains her opinions on many of the things she wanted to reform. She speaks what she likes
and what she doesnt like about the laws. It also provides an insight to her childhood and speaks
within the depths of her true motivation.

"The Progressive Era's Legacy: FDR's New Deal - Discover the Networks." A Guide to the
Political Left. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2014.
This showed how Eleanor Roosevelts husband, Franklin Roosevelt, also helped contribute to the
Progressive Era. He might have influenced her to do certain things and therefore, caused many
of the social reforms to be done with her.
Arsenault, Raymond. Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice. Oxford: Oxford
UP, 2006. Print.
This book shows the wanting for independence for African Americans. Roosevelt mainly fought
for womens rights, but she wanted African Americans to be independent and free as well. This
book shows how other races struggle for racial justice, which is probably why Roosevelt wants
to reform everything.

Abrams, Richard M. Conservatism in a Progressive Era; Massachusetts Politics, 1900-1912.

Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1964. Print.
This book shows how in the beginning of the progressive era, there was conservatism. People
like Eleanor Roosevelt were more liberal, as she uses her power as the First Lady to get what she
wants. Conservatism in the Progressive Era was in Massachusetts at the time, and this book
showed that some people wanted things to stay the same, while other people wanted change.

Wynn, Neil A. From Progressivism to Prosperity: World War I and American Society. New
York: Holmes & Meier, 1986. Print.
The book refers to the Progressive Era; during the Progressive Era, many reformers such as
Eleanor Roosevelt had already spread their legacy. This book shows how American society (and
World War I) is after the era. It shows that there is something beneficial coming out of
progressivism, but the result is also war.

Hardy, Sheila Jackson., and P. Stephen. Hardy. Extraordinary People of the Civil Rights
Movement. New York: Children's, 2007. Print.
This shows the amazing people that led a legacy during the civil rights movement. Eleanor
Roosevelt was included, Rosa Parks, and others. This book will be used to see what exactly did
Roosevelt do to make her legacy extraordinary and how she appeared to be a leader of the civil
rights movement as well.

Williams, Juan. Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965. New York, NY:
Viking, 1987. Print.
Even though Roosevelt was not born until later, this book showed what kind of civil rights was
formed during this time period. The resulting factor of Roosevelts legacy could have come
from the present civil rights/laws from this period. This will be used partly in discovering why
Roosevelt was so determined to reform the laws.

Pease, Otis A. The Progressive Years; the Spirit and Achievement of American Reform. New
York: G. Braziller, 1962. Print

The book shows how during the Progressive Era, many reforms were decided by American
heroes such as Eleanor Roosevelt. She achieved what she wanted to achieve, and the women and
African Americans were happy to see American reform. This book was used to see the spirit of
the people in America at the time in which everything was changing.

McKown, Robin. Eleanor Roosevelt's World. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1964. Print.

This book is about how Roosevelt sees things around her perspective. Seeing things from her
point of view could result in someone understanding why she wanted to see things around her
change. Of course, besides the fact that she was a woman and women did not have enough rights
back then. Besides that, it is easier to understand why she reforms the society around her.

Leach, William. Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture.
New York: Pantheon, 1993. Print.
This showed how Americas culture changed throughout time. After Roosevelts leadership
through her many reforms, her legacy carried down and women received more rights. This book
was a cause and effect of how she was still remembered for her bravery.

Klarman, Michael J. From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for
Racial Equality. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2004. Print.
This book showed how the Supreme Court would always rule toward the governments favor,
and the African Americans would rarely win cases. This is important because the reforms gave

more civil rights to African Americans and women. This book describes how the beginning and
the end of racial inequality was a struggle to the finish, but eventually got done.

Cook, Blanche Wiesen. Eleanor Roosevelt and The South: 1994 Elson Lecture. Print.

This book is important because the South was most likely not pleased with what Roosevelt was
advocating for. This book is important because after the Civil War ended, their mindsets
changed and were better than they were before.