Theodore Roosevelt speaks at the 1912 Progressive National Convention in Chicago. Delegates met and nominated him to run for president as a third-party candidate. Credit: Library of Congress Editor’s ...

Every American knows the fable of the Progressive Era and that “trust buster” Teddy Roosevelt wielding the big stick of federal power to battle the greedy corporations. We would be better off if more ...

C. J. Budd, Harper's Weekly, April 17, 1912. Roosevelt as vaudeville barker shouting "Women's Suffrage Forever." (all images courtesy Marc H. Miller) (click to enlarge) Marc H. Miller is a curator, ...

In April 1916, 80 to 100 members of the Spokane County Progressive Party held their county convention and elected 22 delegates for the state convention in June. The progressives, also nicknamed the ...

NMAH copy purchased with funds from the NMAH Endowment. NMAH copy 39088020220448 Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. Chapter 1 Crisis of the 1890s 1 -- A New Kind of Growth 6 -- Age of ...