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xxvi, 457 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
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Originally published: New York : Appleton-Century Co., 1935. Introduction written for 2000 editioni. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Jane Addam's father -- "Different" child -- Rockford College -- What shall she do? -- She finds a way -- Hull House begins -- Six women -- Ethics in politics -- Work for children -- Growth -- Widening influences -- Decade of writing -- Suffrage and progressivism -- Pacifism -- "Continuous meditation" -- Standing alone -- Congress of women -- Post-war reflections -- They come to praise -- Quiet years -- She goes in peace -- In retrospect. |
| Summary |
Jane Addams is most widely remembered as a founder of Hull House, but her social vision extended far beyond Chicago's Halsted Street. Addams worked tirelessly on behalf of a multitude of social causes, including industrial and educational reform, drug laws, sanitation, disaster relief, and food purity. In 1931, she won the Nobel Prize for Peace, a tribute to the decades of energy and eloquence she devoted to eradicating intolerance and elevating human life to a more humane standard. James Weber Linn's life of this forceful public figure offers a rare glimpse of the private Addams, from her childhood and schooling through her first efforts in public service and her rise to a position of national influence. Linn's biography is based on Addams's personal papers, which she turned over to him before she died: files of her manuscripts, published and unpublished, along with all of her letters and papers, from her first valentine to her last speech. |
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Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.
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Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.) -- History.
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Addams, Jane, 1860-1935. (OCoLC)fst00042421
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Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.) (OCoLC)fst00520642
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Women social workers -- United States -- Biography.
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Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
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Nobel Prize winners -- Biography.
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Nobel Prize winners. (OCoLC)fst01741182
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Women social reformers. (OCoLC)fst01178540
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Women social workers. (OCoLC)fst01178549
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Biographies.
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Scott, Anne Firor, 1921-2019.
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| ISBN |
0252069048 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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9780252069048 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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