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Robert W. (Robert Walter) Bruère
1876–1964
A progressive-era journalist and labor writer, he explored the changing world of industry, education, and social reform in clear, practical prose. His work ranges from books on home life and coal to reporting on labor movements and industrial relations.
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The Coming of Coal
by Robert W. (Robert Walter) Bruère
About the author
Born in 1876, Robert W. Bruère was an American author and journalist whose career centered on labor, industry, and social questions. Archival and reference sources describe him as an investigative journalist with a strong interest in labor federation rivalry and industrial relations, and they also connect him with the Socialist Party for a time in 1909–1910.
Bruère wrote on a wide range of public issues. His books include The Coming of Coal, and he also coauthored Increasing Home Efficiency with Martha Bensley Bruère. Other records link him to the Bureau of Industrial Research and to public service work connected with labor policy, showing how closely his writing was tied to the economic and social debates of his day.
He died in 1964. Though not a household name now, his work offers a vivid window into early 20th-century arguments about work, reform, education, and everyday life.