Lincoln Steffens

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Lincoln Steffens was a prominent American muckraking journalist whose exposés of political corruption in city governments made him a leading voice of the Progressive Era reform movement.

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Lincoln Steffens canonical 16

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instanceOf author ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
muckraker ⓘ
person ⓘ
political reformer ⓘ
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize special citation (posthumous influence; associated with muckraking era) ⓘ
birthDate 1866-04-06 ⓘ
birthPlace San Francisco, California, United States ⓘ
citizenship United States ⓘ
deathDate 1936-08-09 ⓘ
deathPlace Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States ⓘ
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
University of Heidelberg ⓘ
University of Leipzig ⓘ
University of Paris ⓘ
linked to: La Sorbonne
employer Everybody's Magazine ⓘ
McClure's Magazine ⓘ
familyName Steffens ⓘ
fullName Joseph Lincoln Steffens ⓘ
genre investigative journalism ⓘ
political journalism ⓘ
givenName Joseph ⓘ
influenced American investigative journalism ⓘ
later political reformers ⓘ
influencedBy Progressive reform movement ⓘ
linked to: Progressive Era
knownFor being a leading muckraker of the Progressive Era ⓘ
early sympathetic reporting on the Russian Revolution ⓘ
exposing political corruption in American city governments ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Progressive Era ⓘ
muckraking journalism ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens ⓘ
The Shame of the Cities ⓘ
The Struggle for Self-Government ⓘ
Upbuilders ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
magazine editor ⓘ
placeOfBurial Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States ⓘ
politicalAlignment progressive ⓘ
positionHeld managing editor of McClure's Magazine ⓘ
spouse Ella Winter ⓘ
visited Soviet Russia ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Union
wroteAbout municipal corruption in Chicago ⓘ
municipal corruption in Minneapolis ⓘ
municipal corruption in New York City ⓘ
municipal corruption in Philadelphia ⓘ
municipal corruption in Pittsburgh ⓘ
municipal corruption in St. Louis ⓘ

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Progressive Era → significantFigure → Lincoln Steffens ⓘ
McClure's Magazine → editor → Lincoln Steffens ⓘ
McClure's Magazine → hasContributor → Lincoln Steffens ⓘ
Joseph Lincoln Steffens → alsoKnownAs → Lincoln Steffens ⓘ
Steffens → hasNotableBearer → Lincoln Steffens ⓘ
The Shame of the Cities → author → Lincoln Steffens ⓘ
The Struggle for Self-Government → author → Lincoln Steffens ⓘ
The Struggle for Self-Government → workOf → Lincoln Steffens ⓘ
Upbuilders → author → Lincoln Steffens ⓘ
Upbuilders → hasAuthor → Lincoln Steffens ⓘ
Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens → author → Lincoln Steffens ⓘ
Metropolitan Magazine → hasContributor → Lincoln Steffens ⓘ
American Magazine → notableContributor → Lincoln Steffens ⓘ
American Magazine → editor → Lincoln Steffens ⓘ