How does the 19th amendement represent an example of the progressive era reformers goal of expanding democracy?

Truant officers came into use in the united states in the late 1800s. what's the role of a truant officer?

Which place is most likely depicted in aaron douglass's painting, song of the towers?

He seventeenth amendment to the us constitution calls for the direct election of all us senators. this means that the people of each state get to vote to decide who will be their two us senators. before this, the legislatures of each state chose the two us senators from that state with no direct involvement of the average voter. why would this amendment be considered a reform? how would it benefit the people? even today some people claim that the seventeenth amendment was a bad idea. what arguments could be made for reverting selection of us senators back to the state legislatures?