Jane Addams Spirit in Action

Name: Jane Addams Spirit in Action
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ISBN: 9780393071658

ISBN-10: 0393071650

ISBN-13: 9780393071658

Edition: 2010

Authors: Louise W. Knight

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Jane Addams (1860-1935) was a leading statesperson in an era when few imagined such possibilities for women. In this fresh interpretation, the first full biography of Addams in nearly forty years, Louise W. Knight shows Addams's boldness, creativity, and tenacity as she sought ways to put the ideals of democracy into action. Starting in Chicago as a co-founder of the nation's first settlement house, Hull House-a community center where people of all classes and ethnicities could gather-Addams became a grassroots organizer and a partner of trade unionists, women, immigrants, and African Americans seeking social justice. In time she emerged as a progressive political force; an advocate for…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/6/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.60" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface



Dreamer



Freedom Seeker



Activist



Political Ethicist



Politician



Dissenter



Ambassador


Postscript


Acknowledgments


For Further Reading


Jane Addams's Books


Photograph Credits


Notes


Index