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The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism

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by Doris Kearns Goodwin


  popularity of, 735

  as progressive, 713

  Republican support for, 713–14

  Taft and, 728

  TR’s attacks on, 729–31

  Winning of the West (Roosevelt), 129

  Winona, Minn., 601–3, 632

  Winstone, James, 357

  Wisconsin, 292, 346, 349, 368, 456, 457, 473, 483, 670, 673–74, 705, 714

  direct primary in, 684, 696

  insurgents in, 627, 657

  La Follette in, 446

  Steffens on, 376

  Territory, 180

  Wisconsin, University of, 180

  Wolcott, Senator, 263, 395

  women:

  labor laws for, 644, 679, 718

  maximum hours for, 244, 721

  rights of, 736, 746

  Taft and, 51–52

  Taft’s support of equality for, 29

  Tarbell and rights of, 172

  TR’s progressive attitude towards, 47

  women’s suffrage, 29, 47, 577, 694, 718, 721, 741

  Wood, Leonard, 227, 229, 275, 345

  wood engraving, 168

  Wood’s Gymnasium, 39

  Woodward High, 28, 41, 51

  wool, 592, 593

  Wordsworth, William, 117

  workday, xi, 736

  eight-hour, 77, 173, 193, 244, 402–3, 405, 416, 517, 548, 564, 716

  for women, 721

  workers, 157, 201, 254, 354

  Bryan supported by, 253

  factor, 157

  liability for injuries to, 217

  workers’ rights, 102–3, 183

  working class, 158, 250, 585

  Bryan’s popularity with, 272

  golf disliked by, 552

  protections for, 570

  working conditions, 158, 644, 741

  government, 16

  workmen’s compensation law, 12, 564, 679, 716, 721

  workplace safety, 244

  World War I, 744

  Wright, Carroll Davis, 404

  Wright, Luke, 290, 387, 396, 429, 431

  Taft’s dismissal of, 560–61

  Wyoming, 517

  irrigation project in, 352

  Yale Club, 395

  Yale College, 23, 27, 41, 51, 57, 76, 89, 104, 245, 497, 513, 568

  Horace Taft on faculty of, 104–5

  Robert Taft at, 392, 559

  Taft as trustee of, 219, 513, 647

  Taft at, 29–33, 42, 43, 52, 94, 152, 221, 743

  Yale Law School, 50

  Yale School of Forestry, 621

  Yeats, William Butler, 469, 489

  yellow fever, 232, 428

  yellow journalism, 222, 224, 486

  Yellow Springs, Ohio, 90–91

  Yellowstone, 351

  Yerkes, Charles T., 368

  Yokohama, 433

  Yosemite, 351

  Young, Tom, 56

  Youngstown, Ohio, 413

  Zermatt, 65

  Zola, Emile, 168, 176

  Zurich, 470

  On March 4, 1909, the day of William Howard Taft’s inauguration, Washington, D.C., was hit by its worst blizzard in decades. “I always said it would be a cold day when I got to be President,” Taft told Roosevelt.

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  Goodwin, Doris Kearns.

  The bully pulpit : Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the

  golden age of journalism / Doris Kearns Goodwin. — First Simon & Schuster

  hardcover edition.

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  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  1. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858–1919. 2. Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857–1930. 3. United States—Politics and government—1901–1909. 4. United States—Politics and government—1909–1913. 5. Progressivism (United States politics)—History—20th century. 6. Press and politics— United States—History—20th century. 7. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854–)—History—20th century. I. Title.

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  973.91'1—dc23

  2013032709

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