The Progressive Generation is a name coined by William Strauss and Neil Howe in their book Generations for that generation of Americans born from 1843 to 1859. The Progressives were caught in an odd warp of history, as the Civil War saeculum did not have a Hero (or Civic) archetype. Strauss and Howe (William Strauss and Neil Howe) are a duo of authors who are famous for their books on generations and history. ... Strauss and Howe (William Strauss and Neil Howe) are a duo of authors who are famous for their books on generations and history. ... William Strauss and Neil Howe in their books Generations (ISBN 0688119123) and The Fourth Turning divide Anglo-American history into saecula, or seasonal cycles of history, and divide the saecula into generations by birth year, and classify generations and historical periods into four types each. ... Generation, also known as procreation, is the act of producing offspring. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... A saeculum is a length of time roughly equal to the lifetime of a person, or about 90 years. ...

The Progressives spent their childhood shell-shocked by sectionalism and the American Civil War. Overawed by older "bloody-shirt" veterans, they came of age cautiously, pursuing refinement and expertise more than power. In the shadow of Reconstruction, they earned their reputation as well-behaved professors and lawyers, calibrators and specialists, civil servants and administrators. In midlife, their mild commitment to social melioration was whipsawed by the passions of youth. They matured into America's genteel yet juvenating Rough Riders in the era of Sigmund Freud's "talking cure" and late-Victorian sentimentality. After busting trusts and achieving progressive procedural reforms, their elders continued to urge tolerance on less conciliatory juniors. The American Civil War (1861–1865) was fought in North America between the United States of America, called the Union and the Confederate States of America, a coalition of eleven southern states that declared their independence and claimed the right of secession from the Union. ... It has been suggested that Radical Reconstruction be merged into this article or section. ... Roosevelt and the Rough Riders atop San Juan Heights, 1898 The Rough Riders was the name bestowed by the American press on the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry regiment during the Spanish-American War. ... Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud [] (May 6, 1856–September 23, 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology, based on his theory that human development is best understood in terms of changing objects of sexual desire; that the unconscious often represses wishes (generally of a... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...

Altogether, there were about 22 million Americans born from 1843 to 1859. 27 percent of them were immigrants and 9 percent were slaves at any point in their lives.

The Progressives' typical grandparents were of the Compromise Generation. Their parents were of the Transcendental Generation and Gilded Generation. Their children were of the Missionary Generation and Lost Generation; their typical grandchildren were of the G.I. Generation. The Compromise Generation is that name given to the generation of Americans born from 1767 to 1791 by William Strauss and Neil Howe in their book Generations. ... The Transcendental Generation is the name given by William Strauss and Neil Howe in their book Generations for that generation of Americans born from 1792 to 1821. ... The Gilded Generation is the name coined by William Strauss and Neil Howe in their book Generations for the generation of Americans born from 1822 to 1842. ... The Missionary Generation is the designation given by Strauss and Howe in their book Generations to that generation in the United States of America born from 1860 to 1882. ... The Lost Generation also refers to the ex-Red Guards in China. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ...

A listing of sample Progressives includes the following, with birth and death dates as this generation is fully ancestral:

• 1843 Henry James (1916)
• 1843 Aaron Montgomery Ward (1913)
• 1844 Henry Heinz (1919)
• 1845 Mary Cassatt (1926)
• 1846 George Westinghouse (1914)
• 1846 Carry Nation (1911)
• 1847 Thomas Edison (1931)
• 1847 "Pitchfork" Ben Tillman (1918)
• 1849 Alexander Graham Bell (1922) (immigrant)
• 1849 Luther Burbank (1926)
• 1849 Crazy Horse (1877)
• 1850 Samuel Gompers (1924) (immigrant)
• 1854 Tom L. Johnson (1911)
• 1854 John Philip Sousa (1932)
• 1855 Percival Lowell (1916)
• 1855 Eugene V. Debs (1926)
• 1855 Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (1925)
• 1856 Booker T. Washington (1915)
• 1856 Louis Brandeis (1941)
• 1856 Frederick Winslow Taylor (1915)
• 1857 Ida Tarbell (1944)
• 1857 Nikola Tesla (1943) (immigrant)
• 1857 Clarence Darrow (1938)
• 1859 John Dewey (1952)

The Progressives had four U.S. Presidents: Photograph of Henry James Henry James, OM (April 15, 1843 – February 28, 1916), son of Henry James Sr. ... Aaron Montgomery Ward (February 17, 1844 - December 7, 1913) was an American businessman notable for the invention of mail order. ... Henry John Heinz (October 11, 1844 - May 14, 1919) was a United States businesssman. ... The Childs Bath (The Bath). ... George Westinghouse (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer now best known for the brand of electrical goods that bear his name. ... Temperance advocate Carrie Nation and her little hatchet. ... Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly influenced life in the 20th Century. ... Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 - July 3, 1918) was an American politician who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894 and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death. ... Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish scientist and inventor. ... Luther Burbank around 1922 Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849–April 11, 1926) was an American botanist, horticulturist, and pioneer of agricultural science. ... Crazy Horse (Lakota: Tasunka witko, pronounced tashúnka uitko), (c. ... Samuel Gompers (January 27, 1850–December 13, 1924) was the long-time leader of the American Federation of Labor who helped define the structure and the economic and political goals of the American labor movement. ... Tom Loftin Johnson (July 18, 1854–April 10, 1911) was an American politician of the Democratic Party from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Percival observing Mars from the Lowell Observatory. ... Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American labor and political leader and five-time Socialist Party of America candidate for President of the United States. ... Robert Marion La Follette, Sr. ... Booker T. Washington Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 15, 1915) was an African-American political leader, educator and author. ... Louis D. Brandeis Louis Dembitz Brandeis (November 13, 1856 – October 3, 1941) was an important American litigator, Justice, advocate of privacy, and developer of the Brandeis Brief. ... Frederick Winslow Taylor (March 20, 1856 - March 21, 1915) was an American engineer who sought to improve industrial efficiency. ... Ida Tarbell Ida Minerva Tarbell (November 5, 1857 - January 6, 1944) was an American author and journalist, known as one of the leading muckrakers. ... Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 – c. ... Clarence Seward Darrow ca. ... John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thought has been greatly influential in the United States and around the world. ...

• 1843 William McKinley, 1897-1901 (1901)
• 1856 Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921 (1924)
• 1857 William Howard Taft, 1909-1913 (1930)
• 1858 Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909 (1919)

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Prominent non-U.S. peers of the Progressives include Edvard Grieg, Louis Riel, Vincent van Gogh, Oscar Wilde, Giacomo Puccini, Sigmund Freud, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, Juan Vicente Gómez, Yuan Shikai, Pope Benedict XV, Pope Pius XI, George Bernard Shaw, Max Planck, Sir William Ramsay, Henri Poincaré, Robert E. Peary, Leoš Janáček, Georges Seurat, Paul von Hindenburg, Rudolf Diesel, Henri Bergson and Emmeline Pankhurst. Edvard Hagerup Grieg (June 15, 1843–September 4, 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist who composed in the romantic period. ... Louis Riel Louis David Riel (October 22, 1844 – November 16, 1885), was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. ... Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) was a Dutch painter, generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history. ... Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. ... Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) is regarded as one of the great operatic composers of the late 19th and early 20th century. ... Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud [] (May 6, 1856–September 23, 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology, based on his theory that human development is best understood in terms of changing objects of sexual desire; that the unconscious often represses wishes (generally of a... Wilhelm II of Germany (born Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Hohenzollern 27 January 1859–4 June 1941), was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and the last King (König) of Prussia, ruling from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. ... Juan Vicente Gómez. ... Yuan Shikai in military uniform Yuan Shikai (Courtesy Weiting 慰亭; Pseudonym: Rongan 容庵 Traditional: 袁世凱; Simplified: 袁世凯; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Yüan Shih-kai) (September 16, 1859 – June 6, 1916) was a Chinese military official and politician during the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. ... Pope Benedict XV, born Giacomo della Chiesa (November 21, 1854 – January 22, 1922), reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from September 3, 1914 to January 22, 1922; he succeeded Pope Saint Pius X. // Early life Arms of Benedict XV Della Chiesa was born... Pope Pius XI (Latin: ), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (May 31, 1857 – February 10, 1939), reigned as Pope from February 6, 1922 and sovereign of Vatican City from 1929 until his death on February 10, 1939. ... George Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950) was an Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. ... Max Planck This article is about Planck, the German physicist. ... Categories: People stubs | 1852 births | 1916 deaths | Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners | Discoverer of a chemical element ... Henri Poincaré, photograph from the frontispiece of the 1913 edition of Last Thoughts Jules Henri Poincaré (April 29, 1854 – July 17, 1912), generally known as Henri Poincaré, was one of Frances greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists, and a philosopher of science. ... Robert Edwin Peary (May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer who is usually credited as the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole. ... LeoÅ¡ Janáček in 1928 LeoÅ¡ Janáček â–¶ (help· info) (July 3, 1854 in Hukvaldy, Moravia – August 12, 1928 in Ostrava) was a Czech composer. ... Le Chahut was painted by Seurat from 1889 to 1890. ... Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, known universally as Paul von Hindenburg (October 2, 1847 – August 2, 1934) was a German Field Marshal and statesman. ... (This article is about Rudolf Diesel, the German inventor. ... Image:Bergson. ... Emmeline Pankhurst Emmeline Pankhurst (July 14, 1858 – June 14, 1928) was one of the founders of the British suffragette movement. ...

Sample cultural endowments of the Progressives include the following:

• The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James
• Babes in Toyland, Victor Herbert
• "The Man with the Hoe", Edwin Markham
• The Reign of Law James Lane Allen
• "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod", Eugene Field
• Uncle Remus, Joel Chandler Harris
• Up From Slavery, Booker T. Washington
• The School and Society, John Dewey
• History of the Standard Oil Company, Ida Tarbell
• The Theory of the Leisure Class, Thorsten Veblen
• The Rough Riders, Theodore Roosevelt