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 * __Karl Marx__**

Wolff, John. "Karl Marx." 2009. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Web. 18 Feb 2010. .

Kreis, Steven. "Karl Marx." //The History Guide//. 30/1/2008. Web. 18 Feb 2010. .

Masi, Chris. "Communism." //All About Philosophy//. 2010. AllAboutPhilosophy, Web. 18 Feb 2010. 

Marx, Karl. //The Communist Manifesto//. London, Great Britain: 1848. Print.

I was raised to be independent and think for myself. Throughout my years I've been involved in the abolition movement as well as the temperance movement. Through my work with abolitionists I met Elizabeth Cady Stanton whom I joined to fight for women's suffrage. After the Civil War, society began to change. Us women thought that our right to vote would come with the right of the ex-slaves, however, we were wrong. The amendment failed to grant women the right to vote. In 1869, Stanton and I founded the National Woman Suffrage Association to work toward a consititutional amendment garunteeing women the right to vote. We worked very hard! In that same year the territory of Wyoming passed a loaw that permitted every adult woman to cast her vote and hold office. During that time, while I was in Rochester, New York I went to the place of voter registration and asked to register. I claimed my right under the 14th amendment, and by the end of the registration period fifty other women including myself were registered. I voted in the election in which Grant won but two weeks later a deputy marshall was sent to arrest me. The following year, I was put on trial for illegally voting, and criminal offense. Because I was a woman, the judge ruled that I could not testify. I was found guilty and was ordered to pay $100 of which I refused. I told the judge I would never pay it, and I never did. In 1890, the two main women's suffrage organizations merged to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) with Elizabeth as president. I took over in 1892 until 1900 when I retired. After 1900 a new concept of women came about. Another term femenist was being used as well. This was a chance for women to liberate themselves from their old lives. Western states continued to lead way in granting women's suffrage. Washington State allowed women the right to vote in 1910 followed by California, Arizona, Kansas, and Oregon within the next two years. This was a period of time with serious pushes for women's suffrage. Alice Paul organized a massive parade in Washington, D.C. in 1913 where hostile crowds of men attacked the marchers. After disagreements over promotion with Carrie Chapman Catt, Paul split with NAWSA and formed the National Woman's Party. Paul picketed outside of the White House to pressure President Wilson to support the Anthony Amendment. By January 1918 Wilson announced his support of the Anthony Amendment and was deeply impressed with Carrie Chapman Catt. Also by this time 17 states as well as Great Btiain had granted the right to vote to women. State after state continued to ratify the amendment and on August 18, 1920 women were finally allowed to vote. Women voted nationwide for the first time in the presidential election of 1920
 * __Susan B. Anthony__**


 * Here is my Bibliography..I used the article we read in class and I'm not really sure how to cite that

Litt, Jody. //Susan B. Anthony// n. pag. Web. 22 Feb 2010. .

//Susan Brownell Anthony// n. pag. Web. 22 Feb 2010. .

Here are some possible quotes too that I need to work in somewhere:

"**The only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons? And I hardly believe any of our opponents will have the hardihood to say they are not. Being persons, then, women are citizens; and no state has a right to make any law, or to enforce any old law, that shall abridge their privileges or immunities. Hence, every discrimination against women in the constitutions and laws of the several states is today null and void, precisely as is every one against Negroes." - 1873

"** I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of her as a human being, as a citizen of the United States, as a half of the people in whose hands lies the destiny of this Nation.  "

 Bibliography:

"How Women Won the Right to Vote." (2004): n. pag. Web. 23 Feb 2010. <@http://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-20-2-a.html>.

Litt, Jody. Susan B. Anthony n. pag. Web. 22 Feb 2010. <@http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/sba/first.htm>.

Susan Brownell Anthony n. pag. Web. 22 Feb 2010. <@http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/anth-sus.htm>.

Booker T. Washington American political leader, educator, orator and author Dominant figure in the African American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915 After 1909, Washington was criticized by the leaders of the new NAACP, especially W.E.B. DuBois, who demanded a harder line on civil rights protests. He believe that cooperation with supportive whites was the only way to overcome pervasive racism in the long run However knew it would have to come with sacrifice "The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremest folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing." -The 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech
 * __Booker T. Washington__**

Dr. Washington was the author of 14 books including an auto biography that is still widely read His work greatly helped lay the foundation for the increased access of blacks to higher education, financial power, and understanding of the U.S. legal system Washington's work on education issues helped him enlist both the moral and substantial financial support of many major white philanthropists. Became friends with such self-made men as Standard Oil Befriended many wealthy men in order to fund his cause (Spreading education to the African American community) Efforts helped fund over 5,000 schools and supporting resources for betterment in the south His belief was that African-Americans should “concentrate all their energies on industrial education, and accumulation of wealth, and the conciliation of the South.” @http://www.africawithin.com/bios/booker/atlanta_compromise.htm @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_T_Washington @http://www.nps.gov/archive/bowa/btwbio.html

Booker T. Washington. Evisum Inc. 22 2 2010 <@http://www.civilrightsmovement.com/bookertwashington.org/>.

Norrell, Robert J. Up from history : the life of Booker T. Washington. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,, 2009.

UP FROM SLAVERY. 22 2 2010 <@http://www.nps.gov/archive/bowa/btwbio.html>.

-progressive era "investigative journalism" -1904- The History of Standard Oil (BOOK) -654 pages long -#5 in 1999 list by New York TImes of top 100 works of the 20th century -negative public sentiment against standard oil -contributuing factor in U.S government antitrust actions against standard oil -by watching her father she learnedd 'it was your priveledge and duty to fight injustice' - Rockefellar treatented to take over oil industries when companies refused to join with him with these tactics Standards oil 409 companies gained 90%of nations oil refining industry by 1881 -"I would never marry, it would interfere with my plan: it would fetter my freedom" adn was the only woman in her class at college -in terms of personal concern for the book ida said "we were undertaking what we regaurded as a legitimate piece of historical work. we were neither apologists nor critics only journalists intent on discovering what had gone into the makinf of this perfect of all monopolies" - studies standard oil since 1870 adn pullled inspiration form sources like newspapers and magezine articles/masss of info overwhelming -wrote the story in 19 parts
 * __Ida Tarbell

rockefellar calls her "Miss Tarbarel"and met publication with silence he siad "if i step on that worm i will call attention to it, if i ignore it it will disapear!"

effects of book- roosevelt makde an example of this trust- on No 15 1906 the gov. charged standard oil and 70 affiliates with violating g the sherman antitrust act-eventually found guilty of creating a monopoly -May 1911 the monopoly was broken upironically this breakup made him the world's richest man so in summation: the book and ida's work prompted gov. suit agianst standard oil contribted to the passage of new laws to protect competition in the maket place in 1914 the gov. established the federal trade commisiion to oversee business activitis awards; -1922 New york times: one of the 12 greatest living american women -2000 induced into the National womens hall of fame some more quotes: "imagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exsists-with it all things are possible" on her death bed she was asked "if you could rewrite your book today what would you change?" her response- "not one word young man. not one word."

IDA BIBLIOGRAPHY - Hofstadter, Richard. The Progressive Movement: 1900-1915. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall inc., 1963. Print. ^primary source -

From American History. Article 12. Primedia entusiast Publications, 2001. pp.38-44. Print. - "People & Events: Ida Tarbell, 1857-1944 ." PBS.org. 2000. PBS, Web. 22 Feb 2010. <@http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefellers/peopleevents/p_tarbell

John Rockefeller__**

-• Rockefeller tithed ten percent of his earnings to his church. -• General Education Board, founded in 1902, was established to promote education -Rockefeller gained Secret rebates from the rail roads -Standard Oil had about 90% of the market for kerosene products -Monopoly of Petroleum Industry -Bought out his competitors or put them out of business through tactics that included price cutting -bought out most of the Cleveland refineries, then acquired others in New York, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia -used railroad and pipeline as means of transportation -Pennsylvania Railroad in 1877, which created a refining company to try to break Rockefeller's control (Rockefeller eventually won) -1880s he started to produce crude oil himself
 * __Rockefeller on Tarbell- This sweetness that she tries to bring in, referring to these good qualities, and this praise that she brings in as to ability and perseverance and whatever traits which she concedes bring success, is simply covering up her wrath and her jealousy which were all the time present, but which she did not show all the time and which she thought she could bring out all the better by weaving this in as silken thread.

"John D. Rockefeller." Virtual Public Library. Evisum Inc., 2000. Web. 23 Feb. 2010. <@http://www.johndrockefeller.org/>.

"On the Standard Oil Company." National Humanities Center. Random House, 2005. Web. 23 Feb. 2010. <@http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/gilded/power/text2/standardoil.pdf>.

Brinkley, Ian. American History A Survey. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2003. Print. __

** Karl Marx – Chris Masi Rockefeller – Tyler Barrett Ida Tarbell – Kim DePaolis Susan B. Anthony – Micayla Bryant Booker T. Washington – Karl Stevens

Karl Marx : Hello there viewers, and welcome to The View! Today we have some very interesting guests. We have John Rockefeller, Ida Tarbell, Susan B. Anthony, and Booker T. Washington! All of them are major players in the progressive movement we’re going through right now, so why don’t we get to know them and their ideals? Mrs. Anthony, why don’t you start? How did you become involved in the woman’s suffrage? Susan B. Anthony: Well, I was raised to be independent and think for myself. Throughout my years I've been involved in the abolition movement as well as the temperance movement. Through my work with abolitionists I met Elizabeth Cady Stanton whom I joined to fight for women's suffrage. After the Civil War, society began to change. Women thought that our right to vote would come with the right of the ex-slaves, however, we were wrong. "Being persons, then, women are citizens; and no state has a right to make any law, or to enforce any old law, that shall abridge their privileges or immunities" However, the amendment failed to grant women the right to vote. Karl Marx : That must have made you mad. What did you do after that? Susan B. Anthony : In 1869, Stanton and I founded the National Woman Suffrage Association to work toward a consititutional amendment garunteeing women the right to vote. We worked very hard! In that same year the territory of Wyoming passed a law that permitted every adult woman to cast her vote and hold office. Possible Question: Weren't you arrested around that same time? Yes, during that time, while I was in Rochester, New York I went to the place of voter registration and asked to register. I claimed my right under the 14th amendment, and by the end of the registration period fifty other women including myself were registered. I voted in the election in which Grant won but two weeks later a deputy marshal was sent to arrest me. The following year, I was put on trial for illegally voting, and criminal offense. Because I was a woman, the judge ruled that I could not testify. I was found guilty and was ordered to pay $100 of which I refused. I told the judge I would never pay it, and I never did. Booker T. Washington : Good, you did what you thought was your right. Susan B. Anthony : Then, In 1890, the two main women's suffrage organizations merged to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) with Elizabeth as president. I took over in 1892 until 1900 when I retired. After 1900 a new concept of women came about. Another term femenist was being used as well. This was a chance for women to liberate themselves from their old lives. Booker T. Washington : Did more and more states continue to give women the right to vote? Susan B. Anthony : Actually,  western states were the ones who continued to lead the way in granting women's suffrage. Washington State allowed women the right to vote in 1910, followed by California, Arizona, Kansas, and Oregon within the next two years. This was a period of time with serious pushes for women's suffrage. Karl Marx : What do you mean by pushes? Susan B. Anthony :  Alice Paul organized a massive parade in Washington, D.C. in 1913 where unfortunately hostile crowds of men attacked the marchers. After disagreements over promotion with Carrie Chapman Catt, Paul split with NAWSA and formed the National Woman's Party. Paul picketed outside of the White House to pressure President Wilson to support the Anthony Amendment. By January 1918 Wilson announced his support of the Anthony Amendment and was deeply impressed with Carrie Chapman Catt. Also by this time 17 states as well as Great Britain had granted the right to vote to women. Karl Marx : Did your amendment ever get passed? Susan B. Anthony : Yes. State after state continued to ratify the amendment and on August 18, 1920 women were finally allowed to vote. Women voted nationwide for the first time in the presidential election of 1920. Karl Marx : That’s great Susan! I wholeheartedly approve for you pushing for your rights. While the whole system is still imperfect in my eye, woman’s suffrage is a step closer to putting everyone on equal ground like they should be. Booker T. Washington : Susan, were black women allowed in your organization? Susan B. Anthony : No, unfortunately, most groups usually rejected black women in fear of the racially segregated south's attitude toward them, and in turn, losing support for the amendment. Booker T. Washington : I think everyone should have equal rights and announce it, not be afraid of the consequences. Karl Marx : Booker, why don’t you tell us how you got involved in your struggle against racism and explain your side to Mrs. Anthony. Booker T. Washington : Sure thing Karl. I wrote 14 books on the subject, including an autobiography which I’m sure people will still be reading 100 years from now. We’re humans just like women, we’re thought of as lower and less important then white men. I feel the only way to overcome the racism against the African Americans in this country is to have all the African Americans “ concentrate all their energies on industrial education, and accumulation of wealth, and the conciliation of the South.” We have to work our way up the social ladder just like my good friend, Mr. Rockefeller did. His story of going from rags to riches truly inspires me into believing that one day we could have the same rights as everyone else in the country. Just like I wrote in my 1895 speech, "The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremest folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing." Karl Marx : Just like Mrs. Anthony, your push for equal rights and a civil society is a perfect step in the direction of fixing the corruption and problems in your capitalist society. But now I am very curious. Mr. Rockefeller, would you mind sharing your rags to riches story? John Rockefeller : Not at all Karl. Like Mr. Washington said, I grew up from a not so wealthy family to become arguably the richest man in history through hard work and natural talent. I eventually succeeded in controlling over 90% of the oil refining industry. Ida Tarbell : Yes you did Rockefeller. And you did it by creating an oil monopoly and crushing anyone who even tried to enter the business, and threatening to take over any companies who didn’t merge with you. John Rockefeller : And who are you to be criticizing my business ways Ms. Tarbell? My outlook on this situation is “If I step on the worm, I will call attention to it. If I ignore it, it will disappear!” So why don’t you disappear “Miss Tarbarrel”? Ida Tarbell : I won’t just disappear Rockefeller. When you destroyed my fathers company, I realized it was my job to fight injustice like your oil monopoly. That’s why I published my book, The History of Standard Oil, in 1904. Congress eventually sided with me and declared your monopoly illegal under the Sherman Antitrust act. John Rockefeller : So you think that just because I used my business knowledge to beat out my rivals and amass riches makes me a bad person? My tactics may have been underhanded, but its social Darwinism Ida, those who I beat out were never fit to handle this wealth. Besides, the Sherman Antitrust act was what made me the richest man ever in the end. Karl Marx : I have to side on Ida’s side with this Rockefeller. You are the pure embodiment of capitalism, a system that is corrupt and flawed. Miss Tarbell, “If you could rewrite your book today, would you change anything?” Ida Tarbell : “Not one thing young man. Not one thing.” Karl Marx : Rightly so Miss Tarbell. Rockefeller, no man should have that much money and power ; It should belong to everyone. But one thing I do applaud you for is donating 10% of your money to the churches and founding the General Education Board to help promote education for everyone. My view on capitalism is that individuals can gain too much power while leaving others behind in the dust to rust, while everyone should have equal rights. “  Capitalism is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks. “ But, in the end, you do need democracy to move in to communism. Karl Marx : Well that’s the end of our show. I hope you viewers enjoyed our segment on progressivism and its leaders. Once again, our guests were Miss Susan B. Anthony, Mr. Booker T. Washington, Mr. John Rockefeller, and Miss Ida Tarbell. We’ll see you again next week!