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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lincoln Steffens canonical | 4 |
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Target entity: Lincoln Steffens Context triple: [Progressive Era, significantFigure, Lincoln Steffens]
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Henry Jarvis Raymond
Henry Jarvis Raymond was a 19th-century American journalist and politician best known as a co-founder and early editor of The New York Times.
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Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer was a Hungarian-American newspaper publisher and journalist whose innovations in mass media and commitment to public service journalism led to the establishment of the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes.
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Ida Tarbell
Ida Tarbell was a pioneering American investigative journalist and muckraker best known for her exposé of Standard Oil, which helped spur major Progressive Era reforms in business and government.
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D.
Walter Lippmann
Walter Lippmann was an influential American writer, political commentator, and public intellectual whose work on public opinion and democracy shaped 20th-century political thought and journalism.
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E.
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair was an American novelist and social reformer best known for his muckraking works like "The Jungle," which exposed industrial and social injustices in the early 20th century United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Lincoln Steffens Target entity description: 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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A.
Henry Jarvis Raymond
Henry Jarvis Raymond was a 19th-century American journalist and politician best known as a co-founder and early editor of The New York Times.
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B.
Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer was a Hungarian-American newspaper publisher and journalist whose innovations in mass media and commitment to public service journalism led to the establishment of the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes.
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C.
Ida Tarbell
Ida Tarbell was a pioneering American investigative journalist and muckraker best known for her exposé of Standard Oil, which helped spur major Progressive Era reforms in business and government.
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D.
Walter Lippmann
Walter Lippmann was an influential American writer, political commentator, and public intellectual whose work on public opinion and democracy shaped 20th-century political thought and journalism.
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E.
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair was an American novelist and social reformer best known for his muckraking works like "The Jungle," which exposed industrial and social injustices in the early 20th century United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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journalist ⓘ muckraker ⓘ person ⓘ political reformer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Pulitzer Prize special citation (posthumous influence; associated with muckraking era)
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linked to:
Pulitzer Prize Special Citation and Award
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| birthDate | 1866-04-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | San Francisco, California, United States ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| deathDate | 1936-08-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States
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linked to:
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
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| educatedAt |
University of California, Berkeley
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University of Heidelberg ⓘ
linked to:
Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg
University of Leipzig ⓘ University of Paris ⓘ
linked to:
La Sorbonne
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| employer |
Everybody's Magazine
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McClure's Magazine ⓘ |
| familyName | Steffens ⓘ |
| fullName | Joseph Lincoln Steffens ⓘ |
| genre |
investigative journalism
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political journalism ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph ⓘ |
| influenced |
American investigative journalism
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later political reformers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Progressive reform movement
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linked to:
Progressive Era
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| knownFor |
being a leading muckraker of the Progressive Era
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early sympathetic reporting on the Russian Revolution ⓘ exposing political corruption in American city governments ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Progressive Era
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muckraking journalism ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens
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The Shame of the Cities ⓘ The Struggle for Self-Government ⓘ Upbuilders ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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journalist ⓘ magazine editor ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial |
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States
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linked to:
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
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| politicalAlignment | progressive ⓘ |
| positionHeld | managing editor of McClure's Magazine ⓘ |
| spouse | Ella Winter ⓘ |
| visited |
Soviet Russia
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linked to:
Soviet Union
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| wroteAbout |
municipal corruption in Chicago
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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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