To Boss or To Manage?
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Time Magazine has an online feature titled 1900 vs. Now that provides perspective into how much the world has changed in the last 100 years.

Annenburg and CPB present Biography of America: A Vital Progressivism on the African-American perspective of the era of progressivism.

America 1900 is a PBS documentary film and website that presents a comprehensive picture of what life was like in the United States at the turn of the century, offering compelling images, information, and documents about American life.

1912: Competing Visions of America focuses on speeches and the events surrounding the 1912 Presidential Campaign. The era is described as "a more contentious, combative, and violent political culture than today's voters could tolerate."

The Progressive Era, as the period in history at the turn of the 20th century has come to be known, was a time of tremendous social, economic, and political changes. The times were, of course, reflected in Political Cartoons Illustrating Progressivism and the 1912 Election.

Thomas Nast exposed the corruption of the political bossism of William Marcy Tweed and Tammany Hall in New York City.

The Center for Voting and Democracy features information on the change in government, including an analysis of proportional representation.

On the northern end of the state, during the same period our region was embroiled in political change, government there mirrored Cincinnati's situation with Boss Cox. See Political Bossism in Cleveland for details.

History of the Charter Committee details a political party that was born out of a reform movement during the Boss Cox era. Murray Seasongood led the reform movement and the formation of the Charter Committee and served as mayor from 1926 to 1929.

Now that the era of Boss Cox is no longer fresh in our minds, the City of Cincinnati has changed back to a strong mayor form of government. League of Women Voters features a great background sheet used in the election for a strong mayor form of government.

In Dayton, government reform was spearheaded by John H. Patterson, who has been called the father of American salesmanship and America's first humanitarian industrial leader.

What about the future? In October 2001, The Dayton Daily News presented a series of articles titled "Growing Together" that shows how these two metropolitan areas could blend into one powerhouse region - or could it?

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