They pressed for solutions within urban areas rather than outside of them.
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Some goals of Progressive reformers in the US were: elimination of government corruption, education reforms, regulation of corporations and monopolies, elimination of child labor, etc.
The scientific management is usually specific and is based on the given experiments that has been performed. The progressive reforms on the other hand is usually based on the social management.
Repairing the damages caused by industrialization and urbanization by reverting to smaller government, less government involvement in business, and similar things.
In 1920 (during the Progressive Era), the nineteenth amendment was ratified, which ultimately granted women their suffrage, the right to vote, of which was at first, a topic that women rights' advocates brought up at Seneca Falls, New York at the Women's Rights Convention.
While not all progressives supported all progressive reforms, the basic objectives of the movement included the following: Destruction of the monopolistic power of the major corporations and banks in America. More representative government at all political levels in local, state, and national government. An active government that would take the initiative in reform. The right of labor to organize and secure a decent salary and safe working conditions. More economic and political rights for women. Regulation of child labor. The direct election of United States Senators. A graduated income tax that would fall hardest on the wealthy and least on the poor. Enactment of the initiative, referendum, and recall. Reform of city government Nationalization of railroads and banks. Government owned and operated local utilities. Consumer protection laws to prevent the sale of unsafe food and drugs.