This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces Jane Addams, a wealthy woman who was a pioneer of social reform. She lived and worked in Hull House, a settlement house that assisted poor immigrants with child care and English lessons.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the Dutch settlement in New Amsterdam (now New York City) to establish a stronghold in the fur trade.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces Danish immigrant Jacob Riis, who recorded the underbelly of urban life in his photography.
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An early environmentalist cartoon shows the disgusting results of pollution in New York City harbor.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the emergence of a new, gritty realism in 19th-century writing and painting.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces "muckrakers," the investigative journalists of the early 20th century so-called because they unearthed corruption in corporate America.
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Anti-alcoholism cartoons like this one, which depicts the nine steps of the "drunkard's progress," were widespread in the 19th century. Josh Brown of the American Social History Project explains why.
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The Cary-Grove Historical Society is located in Cary, IL, and is dedicated to preserving the history of all of McHenry County. The society was founded in 1996 by local residents who were "concerned that the history of this area was not being preserved for future generations," and decided to take it upon themselves to correct this situation. The society is currently focused on finding a permanent site for a museum to exhibit documents, photographs, and objects from the past.
The site offers basic information regarding the society, photographs of recent events and three historical photographs of towns in McHenry County, and information on upcoming events.
The society does not currently offer a physical site for visitation.
Director of the Nichols House Museum Flavia Cigiliano discusses Progressive-era women on Boston's Beacon Hill and their social and political impact. Beginning in the late 19th century, modern women such as Beacon Hill resident Rose Nichols, ventured outside of the domestic realm and into the world of employment and politics.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the wave of thousands of German immigrants that arrived in America between 1820 and 1860. These immigrants contributed to many early reform movements, and made cultural contributions as well.
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