progressivism

welcome back history lovers!! happy valentine's day!! today in class we were just researching some topics on progressivism. while researching the food safety regulations during the progressive era, a lot came up about a book called "The Jungle", which talked mostly about what i was researching. several people were trying to expose the food industry by writing about them in newspapers or in magazines. the authors of these exposes would not just write about the packaging of the food, but also the working conditions. this is a quote from a boss at a meat packaging factory, "the men who fell into the vats; and when they were fished out, there was never enough left of them to be worth exhibiting."

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xoxo ellie