Steffens, Lincoln (1866-1936)
At the beginning of the twentieth century, when corruption in city government ran rampant in large American cities, one of the original muckrakers—so named by Theo...
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Best known as a leading voice in the journalistic movement known as muckraking, Lincoln Steffens had a career that spanned more than three decades. As a young reporter he exposed corruption and questi...
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Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936) was the most famous of the American muckraker journalists of the period 1903-1910. His exposés of corruption in government and business helped build support for ref...
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