addams, jane

A biography of the social worker who promoted world peace and neighborhood cooperation.

Presents a biography of Jane Addams, discussing how she overcame the limitations imposed on women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to become a preeminent political reformer, feminist, and antiwar activist. Includes photographs, a chronology, and further reading sources.

A biography of six women activists in American history.

A comprehensive biography of Jane Addams, activist and founder of Hull House in Chicago, a settlement house designed for women, immigrants, and African-Americans seeking social justice.

A biography of the social worker who defended the oppressed, promoted education for the poor, worked for world peace, and founded Hull House, a settlement house in the industrial slums of Chicago.

A pioneering social worker relates her experiences and observations about the settlement house she founded.

Examines the life and times of Jane Addams who, in 1889, established in Hull House one of the first settlement houses in America and later became the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Jane Addam's account of her settlement house in Chicago's West side slums covering the years 1889 to 1909.

Presents the life of the woman whose devotion to social work led to her establishing Hull House in Chicago and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.

Presents Hull House founder Jane Addams's account of her work at the settlement home in Chicago's West side slums during the years between 1889 to 1909.