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The states of Illinois, Wisconsin, and Oregon all can be considered trailblazers in progressive reform in that they were the firsts states to listen and pay attention to what their citizens had to say and their demands. These stats were the first to attend their citizen's demands for solutions and offered them the kind of alternatives they had at hand to solve problems and if there were any injustices, tried to correct them.
For instance, the state of Illinois was the first to offer protection to women and children that worked in factories. The state of Wisconsin was the first to separate big corporation's interests from the government. And the state of Oregon was the first to allow its citizens to be in charge of the officials they elected and the power to create laws.
