Announcement: A Round Table Discussion with Leading Reformers!

September 1911 at the Louise S. McGehee School

Come hear the invited speakers discuss the most pressing issues facing our nation today. They will debate goals and strategies and define their vision for a more successful future. Their discussion will illuminate what progress will mean for this great nation as we surge into the twentieth century. They will also identify the barriers they face and invite you to brainstorm with them about how to overcome these barriers.

Roles

• Jane Addams and the Settlement House Movement: Remy, Kelsey, Anne
  • Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull House (a great site—have at it!)
• John Spargo and Child Labor: Elizabeth, Meghan, Stella
  • Bitter Cry of Children (a must read for you all!)
• Margaret Sanger and Reproductive Rights: Emily, Kendall, Emilie
  • “No Gods, No Masters” | Feature on Sanger from PBS: The Pill
• Anti Saloon League Representative: Marion, Charlotte
  • Anti Saloon League | Fliers from the Anti-Saloon League (let the site load for a while)
• W.E.B. DuBois and the NAACP: Eleanor, Alia, Laura
  • DuBois critiques Booker T. Washington (excerpt from The Souls of Black Folk)
• Carrie Chapman Catt (p.564): Laura, Chloe, Kimber
  • “Class v. Gender“–excerpt from one of her speeches | Photos from Suffrage Marches