New York in the Progressive Era

How a remarkable era of social and political change swept through New York, from Seneca Falls to the Henry Street Settlement and beyond. The Progressive Era ushered in one of the most transformational periods in New York’s history, as the excesses of the Gilded Age led to the rise of numerous social and political reform movements. These justice-seeking endeavors reached all corners of the state, including women’s suffrage meetings in Seneca Falls, civil rights efforts in Niagara Falls, early env