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229: 20: 113: 205:. Elected more than once as a Village trustee and member of the Board of Education, he served as vice-president of the Village council from 1884 to 1886, and as Village treasurer in 1887 and 1888. He was president of the Town Meeting in 1898 and is credited with a leading role in pioneering what became known nationally as the "Winnetka system" of self-government, a reform cause broadly taken up by Samuel Gompers and the labor movement. 295:
in later years became the great storehouse of information to which numbers of able campaigners habitually resorted for their facts. Probably millions of men read or heard Mr. Lloyd's ideas without being aware of the real authorship. But I judge that with this condition he was well content. No man
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Lloyd, after leaving the newspaper, continued to file stories as a free-lancing dispatcher, using the Associated Press wires, and his publications of outrage over the treatment of miners in the Spring Valley dispute are credited with ending that episode. Lloyd also wrote and spoke on behalf of
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ever entered such a fight with a smaller share of personal vanity to gratify. He desired that his countrymen should be informed of existing conditions, but not that he himself should gain fame or rewards."
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Henry Demarest Lloyd, remembered by a contemporary as the "pioneer and leader" of the trust-busting progressive movement, died on September 28, 1903. He was survived by a son,
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Inscription attributed to Lloyd reads "Society should give each man not his daily bread but a chance to earn his daily bread."
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Lloyd was one of the precursors to the later muckraker journalists, writing a searing exposé of the monopolistic abuses of
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Lloyd was an inspiration to a generation of young investigative journalists and radical political activists, such as
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A Strike of Millionaires Against Miners or The Story of Spring Valley: An Open Letter to the Millionaires, 2nd ed
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Labor Copartnership: Notes of a Visit To Co-operator Workshops, Factories and Farms in Great Britain and Ireland
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launched the "Henry Demarest Lloyd Investigative Fund" in 2009 to provide grants to investigative journalists.
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gaining promotion to the position of chief editorial writer in 1875. He remained at the paper until 1885.
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Henry Demarest Lloyd was born on May 1, 1847, in the home of his maternal grandfather on Sixth Avenue in
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Alternative America: Henry George, Edward Bellamy, Henry Demarest Lloyd, and the Adversary Tradition.
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The Center for Investigative Reporting Announces Launch of Henry Demarest Lloyd Investigative Fund
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He later fleshed out his case against the unbridled corporate power of Standard Oil and similar
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Peter J. Frederick, "Henry Demarest Lloyd," in John D. Buenker and Edward R. Kantowicz (eds.),
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Knights of the Golden Rule: The Intellectual As Christian Social Reformer in the 1890s.
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A Country Without Strikes: A Visit to the Compulsory Arbitration Court of New Zealand
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The Journalist as Reformer: Henry Demarest Lloyd and Wealth Against Commonwealth.
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became the armory of every person willing to fight for industrial freedom, so
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Death of Noted Majority Rulist - Facts Concerning His Life and the Movement
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After his death, Lloyd's library, which included thousands of books and
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One of Lloyd's strongest formative influences was the preaching of
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Newest England: Notes of a Democratic Traveller in New Zealand
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The Life and Times of Florence Kelly in Chicago, 1891-1899
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Charles Edward Russell, "Introduction," to Caro Lloyd,
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History of the petroleum industry in the United States
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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1963.
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Lloyd's work thus preceded 789:Henry Demarest Lloyd, 1847-1903: A Biography. 467:Henry Demarest Lloyd, 1847-1903: A Biography. 414:Historical Dictionary of the Progressive Era. 351:Henry Demarest Lloyd, 1847-1903: A Biography. 452:Henry Demarest Lloyd, 1847-1903: A Biography 171:As a political activist, Lloyd defended the 408: 406: 404: 402: 400: 398: 955:St. Mark's School (Massachusetts) alumni 395: 227: 111: 18: 814:vol. 20, no. 43 (October 1903), pg. 12. 232:Memorial statue in Winnetka, Illinois. 120:In 1872, Lloyd joined the staff of the 89:, whose sermons he regularly attended. 907: 519: 482:vol. 9, no. 7 (January 1909), pg. 554. 425: 166: 107: 38:. He is best known for his exposés of 803:. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. 733: 715: 697: 679: 661: 643: 625: 603: 576: 550: 448: 327:, a social reformer inspired by Lloyd 77: 704:. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co 686:. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co 668:. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co 650:. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co 478:"University Gets Valuable Library," 300:In recognition of Lloyd's work, the 285:"As the Standard Oil article in the 223: 13: 960:Columbia College (New York) alumni 940:American investigative journalists 753: 302:Center for Investigative Reporting 70:New Brunswick Theological Seminary 14: 996: 825: 632:. New York: Harper & Brothers 980:School board members in Illinois 784:Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1976. 245:Communist Labor Party of America 498: 485: 480:International Socialist Review, 333:, Lloyd's sister and biographer 201:Lloyd was a leading citizen of 16:American journalist (1847–1903) 930:Politicians from New York City 925:Journalists from New York City 583:. 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Peter Smith. pp.  159:more famous 1904 work, " 148:in his best-known book, 844:"Henry Demarest Lloyd," 838:"Henry Demarest Lloyd," 832:"Henry Demarest Lloyd," 683:Man, the Social Creator 272:University of Wisconsin 208:In 1894, Lloyd ran for 194:operators in 1893, and 840:Spartacus Educational. 801:Charles Edward Russell 766:Richard Digby-Junger, 551:— (March 1881). 331:Carolyn Lloyd Strobell 298: 281:, who later recalled: 279:Charles Edward Russell 236: 212:as a candidate of the 210:United States Congress 117: 76:, and Maria Christie ( 24: 876:Trades Union Congress 812:The National New Era, 782:Henry Demarest Lloyd. 430:Era of the Muckrakers 426:Regier, C.C. (1957). 390:Henry Demarest Lloyd, 377:Henry Demarest Lloyd, 364:Henry Demarest Lloyd, 311:in Winnetka is now a 283: 270:, was donated to the 231: 132:John D. Rockefeller's 115: 74:Dutch Reformed Church 23:A photograph of Lloyd 22: 853:Trade union offices 773:Peter J. Frederick, 759:Chester M. Destler, 558:The Atlantic Monthly 449:Lloyd, Caro (1912). 173:Haymarket anarchists 72:and minister of the 28:Henry Demarest Lloyd 806:George H. Shibley, 241:William Bross Lloyd 179:, publisher of the 167:Entry into politics 108:Journalistic career 98:Columbia Law School 52:on the same topic. 970:Illinois Populists 799:. Introduction by 565:(CCLXXXL): 317–334 512:2010-06-13 at the 237: 203:Winnetka, Illinois 135:Standard Oil Trust 118: 102:New York state bar 87:Henry Ward Beecher 25: 903: 902: 890:Succeeded by 865:George E. McNeill 780:Jay E. Jernigan, 647:Lords of Industry 82:Demarest) Lloyd. 992: 874:delegate to the 858:Preceded by 850: 849: 817:John L. 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muckraker
Progressive Era
Standard Oil
Ida Tarbell
McClure's
New York City
Rutgers College
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
Dutch Reformed Church
née
Henry Ward Beecher
Columbia College
Columbia Law School
New York state bar

Chicago Tribune
John D. Rockefeller's
Standard Oil Trust
The Atlantic
corporations
Wealth Against Commonwealth
Ida Tarbell's
The History of Standard Oil
Haymarket anarchists
William Bross
Milwaukee
streetcar
anthracite coal
Winnetka, Illinois

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