1860-1935

Contains the text of "The Yellow Wallpaper" in which a young woman loses her mind after her husband forces her to spend her days in a room with strange wallpaper; includes information that places the novel in its historical and cultural context.

A biography of Jane Addams, founder of the Hull-House settlement and winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize, tracing her transformation from a frail, small-town girl into a woman who inspired others to join her movement to serve the poor.

A history of Hull House and the many social reforms it inspired serve as a background to a biography of the woman who dedicated her life to improving society.

A brief history of the Nobel Prizes and a biography of the man who founded them accompanies biographies of four Americans who received the Nobel Peace Prize.

A brief biography of Jane Addams, who established Hull-House in Chicago in 1889 to provide medical and legal services, educational opportunities, and social interactions to immigrants and other victims of poverty.

A biography of the wealthy woman who realized her ambition to live and work among the poor and founded Hull House, one of the first social settlement houses in the United States.

A biography of the wealthy woman who realized her ambition to live and work among the poor and founded Hull House, one of the first social settlement houses in the United States.

A biography of the woman who founded Hull-House, one of the first settlement houses in the United States, and who later became involved in the international peace movement.

Presents a comprehensive biography of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century social activist Jane Addams, and chronicles her childhood in rural northern Illinois, her education, and later fight for social and political reforms, women's rights, and more.