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Five cent lodging

Jacob Riis was a “muckraker”, a journalist who pointed out problems. His photos and books ( How the Other Half Lives ) made an impact on how the poor were viewed.

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Five cent lodging

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  1. Jacob Riis was a “muckraker”, a journalist who pointed out problems. His photos and books (How the Other Half Lives) made an impact on how the poor were viewed.

  2. The term "muckraker" was first used in a speech on April 14, 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt: “In Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck-rake, the man who could look no way but downward with the muck-rake in his hands; Who was offered a celestial crown for his muck-rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor.” This first reference to "muckrakers" is believed to have been with the Hearst magazines and newspapers in mind.

  3. Five cent lodging

  4. Bandits Roost

  5. Children sleeping in Mulberry Street, Jacob Riis, 1890

  6. Cityscape

  7. Jacob Riis, "Italian Mother and Baby, Ragpicker, New York," ca. 1889-1890.

  8. Cave dweller

  9. Hull House • Jane Addams started Hull House, 1889, to help young people (especially women) to improve their lives.

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