"HISTORY State & Local General." . . "Gouverneurs États-Unis Missouri (États-Unis) Biographies." . . "Saint Louis (Mo.)" . . . . . . "Holy Joe Joseph W. Folk and the Missouri idea"@en . . "Holy Joe Joseph W. Folk and the Missouri idea" . . "Electronic books"@en . . . "Holy Joe : Joseph W. Folk and the Missouri idea" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "One of Missouri's best-known leaders of the Progressive Era, Joseph W. Folk epitomized the moral reformer in politics. As a crusading district attorney in St. Louis, Folk won national acclaim for his investigations of wrong-doing in municipal government. With the help of muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens, Folk revealed for the first time the extent of political corruption then plaguing America's cities and helped bring about a popular demand for the regeneration of municipal government nationwide." . . "Biography" . . "Biography"@en . "HISTORY State & Local." . . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical." . . "Missouri" . . "Missouri (États-Unis)" . . . . "1865 - 1950" . .