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Thanks are owed, first and last, to the many people whose writ- ings I drew upon. I am intensely grateful both to those historians who have dedicated themselves to the study of this period and to those memoirists, social scientists, reformers, and oral historians who took the time to capture the living details of women’s lives in the Progressive Era. If you’re the sort of person who actually reads the “Acknowledgments” page, I implore you to record the details of your life—­or someone else’s. Future historians will thank you. Thanks also to Vince Burns and the team at ABC-­CLIO. They make it as easy as possible for me to do this kind of work in com- bination with full-­time teaching responsibilities. I am also grateful for the research contributions of my interns, Elias Allen, Maddie Hall, Ali Mackie, Tallula Madden, Margaret Melcher, and Sachi Nishikata. Moral and logistical support has been offered by family, friends, and colleagues. I would particularly like to thank Em Alexan- der Olsen, Devon Voelkel, Erica Olsen, Mo Liebenstern, Brian and Nancy Olsen, Mark Rubin, Alyson Collins, Jordan Johnson, Maria Black, Josh Tropp, Christina Rincon, Dan Benavidez, Sephy Elizai, Lis Bensley, Monica Hernandez, Emily Hose, Jason Brooks, Christy Hutton, Mariel Desrosier, Carolina Martinez, Maria Elena Caballero-­Robb, Faith Reid, Laura Lucas, Lisa Lee, Yakira Landav- erry, Michelle Douglas, Evelyn Brown, Amy and Mike Hemmert, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS