Brand Whitlock was born on March 4th, 1869 in Ohio. He was an American writer that was later educated in public schools to become a newspaper reporter. Whitlock became a newspaper reporter for the Chicago Herald in the year of 1890. Three years later he became the Secretary of State of Illinois. At the time, he was interested in law as well and always read about it. He was interested in the Progressive reforms; the progressive reforms were to change and make improvements in the system by improving conditions for society.
The Progressive reforms became popular in the late nineteenth century. His first experience in politics was when he had the chance to work for the governor of Illinois, John Altgeld. The governor also supported the Progressive reform. When Brand Whitlock moved to Toledo, Ohio, he became more interested in politics. Samuel Jones, also known as "Golden Rule", was Toledo's mayor and was also active in the reform. After his death, Whitlock was elected mayor. He still continued to believe in the same practices as Jones' had. Whitlock had served four terms as mayor for Toledo, Ohio.
While he was in office, he wrote novels that usually involved political issues. In the year 1914, Woodrow Wilson appointed Whitlock to be the official representative of the United States to Belgium. Whitlock died in France in 1934. He had written a total of eighteen books in his lifetime.
Ida Tarbell also wrote for a magazine as her career.
ReplyDeleteBrand Whitlock is similar to David Graham Philips due to the fact that he wrote novels about political issues but Philips would uncover the duty truth about them in a blunt manner.
ReplyDeleteUnlike Samuel Hopkins Adams, Brand Whitlock spoke out about political issues while adams spoke out against public health issues.
ReplyDeleteThis case seems funny to me just because he was an actual politician that still wrote about what he was seeing. He kind of reminds me of my character Florence Kelley.
ReplyDeleteWhitlock is similar to my character because he wrote novels. However, my character used figurative language and humor to appeal to his audience.
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