Lester Frank Ward and reform Darwinism -- Henry George's democratic economics -- Charles W. Macune's cooperative vision -- Ida B. Well's crusade against racism -- Walter Rauschenbusch and the social gospel -- Jane Addams and the settlement house idea -- Florence Kelley's quest for humane labor legislation -- Louis Brandeis, the law, and social change -- Lincoln Steffens muckrakes the business of politics -- Harvey W. Wiley and the ethics of pure food and drugs -- John Randolph Haynes and direct democracy -- Alice Paul and the campaign for human rights.