Jane Addams : spirit in action
(2010)
By:
Knight, Louise W
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/ADDAMS,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : W. W. Norton, [2010]
©2010
©2010
DESCRIPTION
xv, 334 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780393071658 :, 0393071650 :, 0393071650 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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