A native Pennsylvanian, born in Meadville in 1867 and a graduate
of Allegheny College, Frederic Howe dedicated his life early on to
the cause of improving society and played a major role in many
movements for progressive change from the early 1890s to the Second
World War--the period that Richard Hofstadter famously dubbed the
"age of reform." Howe was a fighter against corruption and
political bosses in Cleveland; a leader in Progressive politics in
New York City; a spokesman for reform through numerous books and
articles and as director of the Cooper Union's People's Institute;
an ardent campaigner for "Fighting Bob" La Follette, Woodrow
Wilson, Al Smith, and Franklin D. Roosevelt; a defender of
immigrants and civil liberties as commissioner of immigration for
the Port of New York during the First World War; and an advocate
for consumers as the first consumers counsel in the New Deal.
Kenneth Miller's biography takes the reader behind the scenes and
shows how "the great game of politics" was played in the age of
reform.
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