| A | B |
| Robert La Follette | progressive governor of Wisconsin who proposed the Wisconsin Plan |
| Susan B. Anthony | worked for decades for the women's vote |
| Upton Sinclair | wrote "The Jungle" about the meat industry |
| Jane Addams | ran Hull House, 1st woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize |
| Louis Brandeis | famous lawyer, 1st Jewish person on the Supreme Court |
| Jeanette Rankin | 1st women in Congress |
| Ida Tarbell | exposed Standard Oil's corrupt practices |
| Florence Kelley | earned a law degree to fight against child labor |
| Lincoln Steffens | wrote about the problems of the city, especially the government |
| Jacob Riis | wrote about the conditions in tnenments |
| Gifford Pinchot | conservationist who worked with Teddy Roosevelt to save forests |