Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt were both presidents that were considered progressers. They were equally innovators as much as they stuck to tradition. This Progressive Era showed change in society, from 1901 to 1917. It allowed liberal ideas to come forth and be replaced with the norm. Wilson and Roosevelt were big contributors to this idea. Even though they were progressers they also stayed within certain boundaries that kept tradition. Roosevelt was known as a progresser due to advocating for social reform. He often made modern changes to society. Theodore Roosevelt stated that, “When the Constitution was adopted, at the end of the eighteenth century, no human wisdom could foretell the sweeping changes….At that time it was accepted …show more content…
They maintained this in the face of rapid economic and social change. Theodore Roosevelt did this by agreeing that women should not vote. Theodore said, “Most of the women who I know best are against woman suffrage precisely because they approach life from the standpoint of duty. They are not interested in their ‘rights’ so much as in their obligations” (Doc G). Theodore believed that women were busy with work at home, chores, dishes and taking care of the kids. They did not have time to think about voting. This way of thinking was they way of tradition. It kept the same idea that men were supposed to take the role of voting. Even though Roosevelt was a progressor this shows that he also believed in tradition. Woodrow Wilson also believed in tradition: the idea of immigration. Woodrow stated that America should keep, “the doors open to all who were not unfitted by reason of disease or incapacity for self-support or such personal records and antecedents as were likely to make them a menace to our peace and order” (Doc I). He thought that America was built on the idea of immigration so it should stay that way. Many liberal thinkers believed that there should be literacy tests and restrictions to immigrants. Both Roosevelt and Wilson were progressives to a certain