Settlement houses such as Hull House succeeded in providing support centers for immigrants. They also launched campaigns for improving living and working conditions for the poor. Other groups formed clubs to improve working conditions and wages, especially for women. These groups made huge strides in limiting the amount of hours women could work, guaranteeing pensions for mothers and widows, and allowance of nurses to offer maternal and infant health care information to mothers. And, after years of fighting, the 19th Amendment was finally passed and ratified, granting suffrage to women. Other Progressives, like Gifford Pinoch and Gene Stratton-Porter focused on environmental issues such as preservation and conservation. Yet again, Progressives succeeded in creating change and America expanded its efforts to conserve and preserve its natural
Settlement houses such as Hull House succeeded in providing support centers for immigrants. They also launched campaigns for improving living and working conditions for the poor. Other groups formed clubs to improve working conditions and wages, especially for women. These groups made huge strides in limiting the amount of hours women could work, guaranteeing pensions for mothers and widows, and allowance of nurses to offer maternal and infant health care information to mothers. And, after years of fighting, the 19th Amendment was finally passed and ratified, granting suffrage to women. Other Progressives, like Gifford Pinoch and Gene Stratton-Porter focused on environmental issues such as preservation and conservation. Yet again, Progressives succeeded in creating change and America expanded its efforts to conserve and preserve its natural