Horatio Alger life (jan 13, 1832 – jul 18, 1899)
Description:
|IMPACT:| Wrote books about rags to riches stories | perpetuated normalcy of growing wealth inequality by assuming all rich people got there on their own | propaganda | REALITY: | most wealthy businesspeople at the time were white, anglo-saxon protestant men from an upper or middle class background with a father in business or bankingAdded to timeline:
Date:
jan 13, 1832
jul 18, 1899
~ 67 years