Civic Pioneers: Local Stories from a Changing America, 1895-1915

by Gretchen Dykstra

Overview

At the turn of the 20th century, when industrialization, urbanization, and immigration were radically changing the face of America, an activist government was taking root across the nation.

Innovative public servants fought to meet the needs of ordinary people who didn’t have access to the benefits afforded by wealth and power. From a lonely champion of Native American children in Oklahoma to a postal clerk-turned-police chief in Berkeley, Civic Pioneers: Local Stories from a Changing America, 1895-1915 tells the dramatic tales of how these individuals, both heroic and flawed, shaped the country for generations to come.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781634892087
Publisher:	Wise Ink Creative Publishing
Publication date:	04/23/2019
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Gretchen Dykstra worked in and around local government for more than Twenty years in New York City, growing to respect people who devote their professional lives to the everyday needs of ordinary people.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Kate Barnard: Oklahoma's Good Angel and Her Lonely Battle for Indian Orphans 7

Denis Swenie: Chicago's Courageous Fire Chief 21

Colonel George Waring: and the Victorious Street Sweepers of New York 33

Frances Kellor: The Stalwart Champion of Immigrants 49

August Vollmer: The Insightful Creator of Modern Policing 65

Lindsey, Lathrop, And Flower and the Twin Births of Juvenile Courts 73

Katherine Bement Davis: The Protective Scholar of "Wayward" Women 93

Ella Flagg Young: First in Her Chicago Class 105

Dewey, Carnegie, And Blue: The Rise of Public Libraries-White and Black 121

William Mulholland: Watering the Land of Eternal Sunshine 137

Dr. Charlie Mayo: Cows, Pigs and Public Health 157

Senator James McMillan: The Quiet Power Behind Modern Urban Planning 173

Muni One and the Violent, Inglorious Road to Public Transit 185

Reflections on Public Service Leadership 195

Acknowledgments 201

Bibliography 204

Photo Credits 224

Index 228