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Who was the Progressive-era mayor of Toledo who founded night schools, built new parks, established free kindergartens, and supported the right of workers to unionize? Group of answer choices Mary "Raise Less Corn and More Hell" Lease Hazen Pingree "Big" Bill Haywood Samuel "Golden Rule" Jones

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Samuel "Golden Rule" Jones

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Samuel Milton "Golden Rule" Jones was a Welsh-born U.S. businessman and civic politician , who lived between 1846 - 1904. He was widely known for his progressive policies and advocate of municipal reforms, such as Ethic of Reciprocrity or "GOLDEN RULE"

After his nomination and eventually elected as the mayor of Toledo in 1897, he went ahead to create free kindergartens, free housing for the homeless, initiated public ownership of utilities, sought to end corruption from the city government and ensure city employees enjoy similar benefits compared to what his factory workers enjoy, etc.

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