First modern newspaper, the New York Morning Herald, founded in 1835 by James G. Bennett, Scot ... New York Times founded by Henry Raymond, Scot, and George Jones, Welsh ... chain of newspapers founded by James Scripps, English ... chain of newspapers founded by Wm. Randolph Hearst, Scotch-English ... editor of a ladies’ magazine, Edward Bok, Netherlander.
Our Gifts to Social Progress and Government
Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, Welsh, signed by 1 Swede, 3 Irish, 4 Scots, 5 Welsh, 5 Scotch-Irish, 38 English, with John Morton, Swede, casting deciding ballot ... the thirteen colonies were christened the “United States of America” by Thomas Paine, English.
Social Welfare
Our first social reformer was Robert Owen, Welsh ... first one to make use of music in social work was Wm. van de Wall, Netherlander ... founder of Red Cross, Clara Barton, English ... founder of Chicago’s famous Hull House was Jane Addams, English ... slums attacked by Jacob Riis, Dane, in “How Other Half Lives” ... welfare library on Ellis Island organized by Rev. John Kweetin, Latvian ... anti-saloonist and feminist, Carrie Chapman Catt, English-German ... Atlanta School of Social Work, directed by Forrester Washington, Negro ... Lillian Wald, German Jew, a social-welfare leader ... famous home for boys, Father Flanagan, Irish.
Government and Politics
Two-thirds of our presidents, including Washington, are of English descent ... Martin van Buren and Herbert Hoover, German ... Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt, Netherlanders ... Jefferson, Madison, John Adams, John Q. Adams, Harrison, and Garfield, Welsh ... Monroe, Hayes, Grant, Wilson, and McKinley, Scots.