Addams, Jane

1. A social reformer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She founded a settlement house , Hull House, in Chicago , and also worked for peace and for women's rights. In 1931, she won the Nobel Prize for peace.

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Then Jane Addams' name was tried, the same meager replies resulting.

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That Miss Jane Addams has become known chiefly through other activities does not matter here.

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It is almost unnecessary to call attention to the importance of a new book by Jane Addams.

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Jane Addams's work at Hull-House is known throughout the civilized world.

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Jane Addams made the house so cheerful and pretty that it was a joy to peep into it.

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