The Progressive Era had a number of sources how the reform got on its way. With its increase in productivity and number of consumer goods, Industrialization created unemployment, wasteful natural resources, and abuse from corporate powers. Growing Cities magnified problems of poverty, disease, crime, and corruption. Another source for progressive reform is the arrival of immigrants. And last but not least the massive depression that hit in 1893- 1897 made people realize that equal opportunity was …showed first 75 words of 728 total…

…showed last 75 words of 728 total…back then. Some men still have it now but leader’s have reshaped the conceptions of gender within most communities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** ¨ Feldmeth, Greg D. "U.S. History Resources" http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/USHistory.html (31 March 1998) ¨ Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer by Dexter C. Bloomer ¨ National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) Collection: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawstime.html ¨ Century of Struggle: The Woman's Rights Movement in the United States; Flexner, Eleanor