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Clean Water, Soap, Sewers and Bathhouses: St. Louis in the Progressive Era The struggle to create pure drinking water, the desire for cleanliness and the creation of public bathhouses culminated at the turn of the 20th century during the Progressive Era. This presentation reveals the civic groups and individuals, such as the Wednesday Club, Charlotte Rumbold and Mayor Rolla Wells who worked together. The 1904 World’s Fair served as a catalyst for St. Louis reform.
