As we're getting positive feedback on this series, I'm back with another "Guess the Progressive" quiz. I'll supply a few clues to his or her biography, you figure out who it is, and then check your answer by clicking on the link. That's it. And oh man, do we need reminding now. I feel my own hunger for inspiration, and I think others do too, at a time when the right-wing is acting as though progressivism is dead--which it decidedly is not. Anyway, the folks we're featuring in our little series of "Who Am I" vignettes stood up when it was really, really hard to be a liberal. And so can we.
You might not recognize this person [see how I'm trying to disguise the gender here?] by the sepia-toned photo, but our pioneering progressive's accomplishments are quite impressive. Here are your clues:
Who Am I?
In the late 19th and early 20th century, I was a lawyer, suffragist, orator, writer and civil-right activist.
I co-wrote the first Equal Rights Amendment ever considered in the US.
I drafted America's first workers'-compensation law--it was introduced in New York--and it became a model for future legislation.
I was a co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union.
To see my photo and to learn my identity, click here.