American History 102:  Civil War to the Present

Stanley K. Schultz, Instructor
William P. Tishler, Producer

Who's Who in American History

Artists, Intellectuals, and Writers

Business, Industry, & Labor Leaders

Addams, Jane (1860-1935)
     Social Reformer

Barton, Bruce (1886-1967)
     Public relations pioneer

Berger, Victor (1860-1929)
     Milwaukee Socialist

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)
     British naturalist

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (1860-1935)
     Feminist, social reformer

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)
     British naturalist

Godkin, E.L. (1831-1902)
     Editor of The Nation, 1883-1900

Goldman, Emma (1869-1940)
     Anarchist orator and author

Grady, Henry W. (1850-1889))
     Editor of The Atlanta Constitution

Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)
     Civil War General
     Republican President, 1869-1877

Sinclair, Upton (1878-1968)
     Journalist, novelist, Socialist

Steinbeck, John (1902-1968)
     Novelist

Sumner, William Graham (1840-1910)
     Sociologist, economist

Turner, Frederick Jackson (1861-1932)
     UW-Madison Historian

Twain, Mark (S. Clemens) (1835-1910)
     Novelist, satirist

Veblen, Thorstein (1857-1929)
     Economist, social critic

Social
Reformers

Addams, Jane (1860-1935)
     Social Reformer

Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906)
     Suffragist, Social Reformer

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (1860-1935)
     Feminist, social reformer

Goldman, Emma (1869-1940)
     Anarchist orator and author

La Follette, Robert M. (1855-1925)
     Republican Congressman, 1885-1891
     Governor of Wisconsin, 1900-1906
     Republican Senator, 1932-1935

Randolph, Asa Philip (1889-1979)
     Civil rights and labor leader

Sinclair, Upton (1878-1968)
     Journalist, novelist, Socialist

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (1815-1902)
     Suffragist, feminist

Steinbeck, John (1902-1968)
     Novelist

Woodhull, Victoria Claflin (1838-1927)
     Feminist, presidential candidate

Debs, Eugene V. (1855-1926)
     Socialist labor leader

Fisk, Jim (1834-1872)
     Financier

Ford, Henry (1834-1872)
     Industrialist

Gould, Jay (1836-1892)
     Financier

Randolph, Asa Philip (1889-1979)
     Civil rights and labor leader

Rockefeller, John D. (1855-1937)
     Industrialist, philanthropist

Politicians and Policy Makers

Berger, Victor (1860-1929)
     Milwaukee Socialist

Blaine, James G. (1830-1893)
     Speaker of the House, 1868-1876

Bryan, William Jennings (1860-1925)
     Populist politician

Diem, Ngo (19??-1963)
     South Vietnamese Prime Minister

Eisenhower, Dwight (1890-1969)
     Republican President, 1953-1961

Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)
     Civil War General
     Republican President, 1869-1877

Haldemann, H.R.
     Nixonâs Chief of Staff

Kissinger, Henry (1923-)
    National Security Advisor

La Follette, Robert M. (1855-1925)
     Republican Congressman, 1885-1891
     Governor of Wisconsin, 1900-1906
     Senator, 1906-1918

Long, Huey (1893-1935)
     Governor of Louisiana, 1928-1932
     Democratic Senator, 1932-1935

McCarthy, Joseph (1909-1957)
     Republican Senator, 1947-1954

Soldiers and Fighters

Sitting Bull (1831-1890)
     Sioux leader

Cochise (1812-1874)
     Native American leader

Custer, George (1839-1876)
     U.S. Cavalry officer

Eisenhower, Dwight (1890-1969)
     Republican President, 1953-1961

Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)
     Civil War General
     Republican President, 1869-1877

Hickock, James ãWild Billä (1837-1876)
     U.S. Marshall, 1866-1871

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