Explorer, admiral, Rough Rider, war hero, and President: Theodore Roosevelt was a man of enormous popularity and legendary achievements. Known as the "conscience of the nation", Roosevelt's progressive policies called for a "square deal" and an end to corruption. A social reformer, he lobbied for women's rights, better labor conditions, and aid to farmers. He secured 150 million acres of timberland as national forests, negotiated the construction of the Panama Canal, won the Nobel Peace Prize, survived an assassin's bullet, plunged in a submarine, and flew in a Wright Flyer.