Heather Cox Richardson: How the Gilded Age Created the Progressive Era

The voices of the Progressive Era, including Jane Addams, W. E. B. Du Bois, Theodore Roosevelt, and Zitkála-Šá, didn’t come from nowhere. Heather Cox Richardson explains how they articulated a vision for America that had its roots in the runaway capitalism of the Gilded Age.

Recorded at the Vermont Humanities Council's Fall Conference 2018, "The Ebb and Flow of Optimism through American History."

[ralphaverill]

Ms. Richardson has the gift of storytelling and the gift of loving history. If we could all go back to high school with Heather Cox Richardson as our history teacher, the country would be so much better off.

[fhpperkins]

Always fascinating, always pertinent, H C Richardson is definitely a History Guru for our times.

[craigholman]

Such a great talk to help understand our current world. I wish more people would just read a book or listen to historians even with different points of view.

[davidwilkie]

"Timely History", ha.

"The more things change, the more they stay the same"

[willmpet]

My knowledge of American history was limited since teachers didn’t get up to the period she is talking about!

[tobiasl]

Anyone have a jpg or copy of the protection for capital only 1888 picture image?

[danielhutchinson]

Heather, you missed Red Cloud who actually did get a treaty that gave Lakota and Cheyenne, the area from the Bear Paws to the Missouri River in Dakota territory?

[ocean]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH...
THIS is for me the #1 CRIME around the world 🌍
NO ONE HUMAN IS SUPERIOR ‼️‼️😈

[steveyates]

Hack! She hides behind a barrier of selective editing and disallows any counter comments on her videos.