Books
Period
Progressive Era America
c. 1890–1920 CE
The Progressive Era was marked by urban growth, industrial consolidation, mass immigration and campaigns to reform government, labour conditions, public health and social welfare. New technologies and consumer culture transformed work and leisure while exposing severe inequalities.
The period overlapped with the closing of the formal frontier, women’s suffrage activism and increased federal regulation. Hotels, tourism, department stores, railways and popular entertainment created new public roles, though access remained shaped by race, class and gender.
Several Doors to the Past and Kimberley Woodhouse novels draw upon this setting.
