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Addams, Jane
The Oxford Companion to American Literature
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Addams, Jane (1860–1935), reformer and sociologist, founded the Chicago social settlement, Hull‐House, in 1889. Among her books are
Democracy and Social Ethics (1902),
A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil (1912),
Twenty Years at Hull‐House (1910),
Peace and Bread in Time of War (1922), and
The Second Twenty Years at Hull‐House (1930).
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Jane Addams: Past, Present and Future.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
Magazine article from: Peace and Freedom; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; Jane Addams is a towering figure in the world peace...and role model. And yet, for many, Jane Addams remains an enigma. Most often she is...years of her life. Winifred Wise authored Jane Addams of Hull House (1935), an Addams- approved...
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Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Leisure Research; 3/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy...Basic Books, 2002. The stated goal of Jane Addams and the dream of American democracy is...that Elshtain attempts to clarify is how Jane Addams' human service work was rooted in Christianity...
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KISHWAUKEE COLLEGE HOSTS 'JANE ADDAMS' PERFORMANCE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/9/2006; 700+ words
; ...sponsoring a one time performance of Jane Addams: Worthy Choices on March 23 from...celebration of Women's History Month. Jane Addams: Worthy Choices is free and open to the public. Jane Addams: Worthy Choices is a one-woman...
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Outing Jane Addams: Was the founder of Hull House a lesbian? And does it matter?
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 2/6/2007; 700+ words
; ...above a marble fireplace at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum shows a calm...supporter of pioneering social reformer Jane Addams? Would it be more accurate to...House in the form of the new "Was Jane Addams a Lesbian? Project" in which...
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Jane Addams: our WILPF heroine.
Magazine article from: Peace and Freedom; 3/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...as widely known and respected as Jane Addams. There are many reasons for Addams...the Jane Club. Hull House made Jane Addams famous. Her work in the settlement...In other words, Hull House took Jane Addams into the public sphere, making...
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A USEFUL WOMAN: The Early Life of Jane Addams.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Civil Rights Journal; 9/22/1999; 700+ words
; ...USEFUL WOMAN: The Early Life of Jane Addams By Gioia Dilberto (Scribner...320pp. $26) During a period when Jane Addams was gaining national and international...of a Russian peasant, and when Jane Addams' work with the poor was described...
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Jane Addams: A Writer's Life
Magazine article from: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Jane Addams: A Writer's Life. By Katherine Joslin...bib., index. Cloth $35.00). Jane Addams crossed boundaries repeatedly. A woman...Joslin pushes beyond the popular image of Jane Addams as "the frail yet eager young women from...
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Democracy and Social Ethics / The Long Road of Woman's Memory / Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy / The Jane Addams Reader / The Selected Papers of Jane Addams, Volume I: Preparing to Lead, 1960-81
Magazine article from: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Democracy and Social Ethics. By Jane Addams. Introduction by Charlene Haddock...Long Road of Woman's Memory. By Jane Addams. Introduction by Charlene Haddock...21.95, paper, $10.95); Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy...
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Why you should care about Jane Addams.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 6/11/2006; 700+ words
; ...Patrick T. Reardon Jun. 11--Jane Addams -- the hard-headed radical reformer...modest gesture of establishing a Jane Addams Day isn't likely to do much toward...prominence. "There are things about Jane Addams that are very much at odds with...
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Jane Addams Book Award winners.(2003 Jane Addams Children's Book Awards)
Magazine article from: International Peace Update; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Winners of the 2003 Jane Addams Children's Book Awards were announced on April 28 by the Jane Addams Peace Association. Organized on...Freedom is funded by JAPA. The Jane Addams Children's Book Awards annually...
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Jane Addams
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Jane Addams As social worker, reformer, and pacifist, Jane Addams (1860-1935) was the "beloved lady...American history, Hull House in Chicago. Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, III., on Sept...
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Addams, Jane (1860–1935)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
Addams, Jane (1860 – 1935) Jane Addams, social reformer, settlement house director, and international...childbirth when Jane was two years old. As a young woman, Jane Addams aspired toward higher education and she graduated as valedictorian...
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Addams, Jane 1860-1935
Book article from: American Decades
ADDAMS, JANE 1860-1935 Reformer; peace activist; founder ofhull house Background Jane Addams was best known for her role as a leader...with Nicholas Murray Butler. Sources: Jane Addams, The Second Twenty Years at Hull House...
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Addams, Jane
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Jane Addams Born: September 6, 1860Cedarville...Illinois American reformer and social worker Jane Addams was called the "beloved lady" of American...Chicago, Illinois. Family and education Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois, on...
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Addams, (Laura) Jane
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
...ADDAMS, (LAURA) JANE (Laura) Jane Addams (1860 – 1935), a social...House. See also: FURTHER READING Addams, Jane. Democracy and Social Ethics...C. Beloved Lady: A History of Jane Addams's Ideas on Reform and Peace...
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