TITLE:
Maternal Mortality and the Progressive Era: A Critical Examination of the Past to Inform the Present
AUTHORS:
Tamara Estes Savage
KEYWORDS:
Maternal Mortality, Progressive Era Reforms, Progressive Era
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.8 No.4,
April
15,
2020
ABSTRACT: More than 700 women die each year in the U.S. from pregnancy
and birth related complications. This is not a new problem. Maternal mortality
was a focal point for change in U.S. history during the Progressive Era. Many
reforms were enacted during this historical period to decrease maternal
mortality. This article critically examines the factors that contributed to the
high rate of maternal mortality during the Progressive Era, as well as, efforts of the progressives to decrease
the high rates of death during pregnancy and childbirth. Additionally the paper
discusses contemporary maternal mortality.