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Author Knight, Louise W.

Title Jane Addams : spirit in action / Louise W. Knight.

Imprint New York : W.W. Norton, c2010.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  361 Ad21Bk2 2010    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xv, 334 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-279) and index.
"Jane Addams's books": p. [281].
Summary Jane Addams (1860-1935) was one of the leading figures of the Progressive era. This "pragmatic visionary," as Knight calls her, is best known as the creator of Hull House, a model settlement house offering training, shelter, and culture for Chicago's poor. Addams also involved herself in a long list of Progressive campaigns. Her rhetorical skills as both speaker and writer made her internationally recognized as a supporter of civil rights, woman suffrage, and labor reform.
Contents Dreamer -- Freedom seeker -- Activist -- Political ethicist -- Politician -- Dissenter -- Ambassador -- Postscript.
Subject Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.
Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
Women social workers -- United States -- Biography.
Social workers -- United States -- Biography.
Added Title Spirit in action
ISBN 9780393071658
0393071650

 
    
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