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#PREVIEW: #PRESIDENTS WEEKEND: WOODROW WILSPROGRESSIVISM: ON: TR: JANE ADDAMS: From a conversation with author Neil Lanctot for his new work, THE APPROACHING STORM: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams and Their Clash Over America's Future, re the Progressive wings

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John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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#PREVIEW: #PRESIDENTS WEEKEND: WOODROW WILSPROGRESSIVISM: ON: TR: JANE ADDAMS: From a conversation with author Neil Lanctot for his new work, THE APPROACHING STORM: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams and Their Clash Over America's Future, re the Progressive wings of both parties in the 1912 Election; and how the GOP struggled to challenge TR's Bullmoose campaign in 1912 -- but also struggled not to push him away from helping or leading future campaigns. Also the readiness complaint. Much more of this later.

1900 JANE ADDAMS

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Eke slash Special Offer. For President's Weekend this is John Bachelor. This is from a

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conversation I have with Neil Lankto, his book about the progressives of

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1912 to 1919.

0:39.0

That would be Woodrow Wilson for the Democrats. Jane Adams for social workers and the women of America,

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and Teddy Roosevelt for the Bulmoose and then for the Republicans.

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The rise of the progressives at this period. We know that Wilson wins in 12 against

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Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. In 16 Roosevelt stepped aside.

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And in 20 he planned to run again.

1:05.5

The progressives were taking control of both parties and arguing for reform.

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Jane Adams always for reform, also for peacemaking during the first war and leads a peace delegation.

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In this particular instance, though, the Republican Party's stumped what to do about the

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Bullmose Party.

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It's a thorn.

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