--- title: "Which goal of the women's rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era?" description: "Which goal of the women's rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era?" author: "Gray  park" published: 2018-10-28 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51438/which-goal-of-the-women-s-rights-movement-was-achieved-during-the-progressive-era category: "history, politics & society" tags: ["usa history"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Which goal of the women's rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era? Which [goal](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/audio/1273/the-importance-of-self-reflection-in-finding-your-goal) of the [women](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87215/top-10-most-expensive-perfume-for-women-in-the-world)'s [rights movement](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/3297/important-events-of-the-civil-rights-movement) was achieved during the Progressive Era?\ \ \ ## Answers ### Answer by Sarda Kumari ## The Progressive Era: An overview The **Progressive Era (1896–1916)** was a period of **widespread social activism and political reform** across the **United States of America** that spanned the **1890s to World War I.** ![Which goal of the women](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/f79066b9-da8a-4c04-ac08-ec1c49a9f933/images/ea2d5d0e-7a43-4b1c-b751-507f2f026ea9.jpeg)\ Read also: [**what-tool-did-president-roosevelt-use-to-dismantle-trusts-and-monopolies-during-the-progressive-era?**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40968/what-tool-did-president-roosevelt-use-to-dismantle-trusts-and-monopolies-during-the-progressive-era) ## The progressive era: objectives The main objectives of the Progressive [movement](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85364/contribution-of-srila-prabhupada-in-hindu-religion-movement) were a**ddressing problems caused by industrialization**, **urbanization, immigration, and political corruption**. **Social reformers** were primarily **middle-class citizens** who **targeted political machines and their bosses**. \ By taking **down these corrupt representatives** in office, a further means of **direct democracy would be established.** They also sought **regulation of monopolies** through methods such as **trustbusting and corporations** through antitrust laws, which were seen as **a way to promote equal competition** for the advantage of legitimate competitors. They also **advocated for new government roles and regulations**, and new agencies to carry out those roles, such as **the FDA.** ![Which goal of the women](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/f79066b9-da8a-4c04-ac08-ec1c49a9f933/images/f62dde91-b74e-44c9-8973-65450a4d4d08.jpeg) **\** Read also: [**what-was-gas-and-electric-service-in-cities-like-prior-to-the-progressive-era?**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40578/what-was-gas-and-electric-service-in-cities-like-prior-to-the-progressive-era) Many progressives supported the **prohibition of alcoholic beverages**, ostensibly to **destroy the political power** of local bosses based in saloons, but others out of religious motivation. **Women's suffrage** was promoted to bring a 'purer' female vote into the arena.\ \ A t**hird theme was building an efficiency movement** in every sector that could identify **old ways that needed modernizing and bring to bear scientific, medical, and engineering solutions**; a key part of the **efficiency movement was scientific management, or 'Taylorism'.** \ https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?gdpr=0&client=ca-pub-4392740333731945&output=html&h=280&adk=99852742&adf=3136046963&pi=t.aa~a.1398768072~i.3~rp.4&w=673&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1658467603&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=1094794600&psa=1&ad_type=text_image&format=673x280&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanswers.mindstick.com%2Fqa%2F51438%2Fwhich-goal-of-the-women-s-rights-movement-was-achieved-during-the-progressive-era&fwr=0&pra=3&rh=168&rw=672&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&fa=27&adsid=ChAI8PLjlgYQkq-HwdnTitQ_EkwA8J1HsQPran8W4Ez2bvlS6LygnXbJnWywYVeBYItZUse-L79Q_nkPMrXUrmqxRq4ZaLJS3Vipj8BBGlS56yERumKUX9zFUgjokR8W&dt=1658467602851&bpp=6&bdt=1677&idt=-M&shv=r20220721&mjsv=m202207180101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3Dbeff3bca69796673%3AT%3D1657646696%3AS%3DALNI_MbOvIJrXCZTb-MZ4_nXHkN_mPptgg&gpic=UID%3D000007a2ef180889%3AT%3D1657646696%3ART%3D1658466360%3AS%3DALNI_Manewx56oxknz1-0sbKVQXQ6I7ZIA&prev_fmts=0x0&nras=2&correlator=2404358672361&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=1086799091.1657637850&ga_sid=1658467602&ga_hid=291135232&ga_fc=1&u_tz=330&u_his=10&u_h=864&u_w=1536&u_ah=824&u_aw=1536&u_cd=24&u_sd=1.25&adx=337&ady=1180&biw=1519&bih=696&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=44759875%2C44759926%2C44759837%2C44763506%2C44768756&oid=2&pvsid=2755634544415365&tmod=53962654&uas=0&nvt=1&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fanswers.mindstick.com%2Fqa%2Fuser%2F646421%2Fsarda-kumari&eae=0&fc=1408&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1536%2C0%2C1536%2C824%2C1536%2C696&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=128&bc=23&ifi=4&uci=a!4&btvi=1&fsb=1&xpc=zIeOnq1WvZ&p=http%3A//answers.mindstick.com&dtd=280 **Thanks to women's activism during the era**, the federal government recognized **women's right to vote** by passing the **19th Amendment in 1920**. Women also gained **important workplace protections**, the **right to custody of their children following a divorce**, and the **right to control their own incomes.** ## \ **Read also:** [what-were-some-limits-of-the-progressive-era-that-were-implemented-by-wilson?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50209/what-were-some-limits-of-the-progressive-era-that-were-implemented-by-wilson) --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51438/which-goal-of-the-women-s-rights-movement-was-achieved-during-the-progressive-era Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.