The northeast. So on the far left one of the earlier monopoly players was rex tugwell. He later joined fdrs cabinet but was also a teacher at columbia and in the center you have ernest angel who was a National Chairman of the aclu. He had been playing the game here in new york and his son roger angel is a writer for the new yorker if youre a great narrative sports journalism fan. Scott nearing plays the game, he was a professor at wharton who was involved in a very important Academic Freedom case. Some consider him to be the father of the green movement, so he was far ahead of his time on that one. He probably would have gotten a kick out of brooklyn. Art and delaware is a single tax colony where the arden, delaware, was frequented by upton sinclair, and his house in arden was called the jungleo which is a ridiculous pun because his book was called the jungle, and there was this salacious sex scandal that took place. It was played at wharton, harvard, it was played everywhere. So in 19
On the web site for years. Some people believe darrow was the inspiration for some of the monopoly characters. The only problem is that story isnt exactly true. The actual game originated with a the woman. This woman elizabeth mcghee. So who was she . Prior to inventing her game she had a patent for a typewriter gadget. She was an outspoken feminist. She had a lot of views. Her father was a gentleman names names names james mcghee who wasnt just an influential newspaper owner that travel with Abraham Lincoln during the lincolndouglass debate and was around for the founding of the Republican Party and was impactful in that. She had also appeared on stage. She wrote short stories and wrote a book of poetry which you can see the plate there for that and she was very impacted by this man henry george. In this room im sure a lot of people know that henry george and in the very short version i am not a henry george scholar is that he was a proponent of single taxpayer amd of this idea you ta
Charles Darrow popularized Monopoly in 1933, but its origins lie with Lizzie Magie s The Landlord s Game in 1904. Magie s game aimed to teach economic concepts. Despite initial obscurity, Monopoly s success overshadowed Magie s role until the 1970s, when her contributions resurfaced during a legal battle.
After Ralph Anspach created an anti-monopoly game, he ended up in the middle of a controversial patent case with Parker Brothers over the history of ‘Monopoly’ itself.
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