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Jane Addams (1860–1935)

Autor/a de Twenty Years at Hull-House

41+ obres 1,276 Membres 6 Ressenyes 3 preferits

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Jane Addams was born Laura Jane Addams in Cedarville, Illinois, on September 6, 1860. She graduated from Rockford Female Seminary with the hope of attending medical school. Her father opposed her unconventional ambition and, in an attempt to redirect it, sent her to Europe. In London, Addams was mostra'n més moved by the work done at Toynbee Hall, a settlement house. Upon her return to the United States, she began her lifelong fight for the underprivileged, women, children laborers, and social reform. In the space of four years she received Yale University's first honorary doctorate awarded to a woman, published her first book, was the first woman president of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, and was elected vice president of the National American Women Suffrage Association. In 1915 she became the first president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. With Ellen G. Starr, Addams founded Hull House in Chicago, a renowned settlement house dedicated to serving the disadvantaged and the poor. Addams went on to author twelve books, including Twenty Years in Hull House, Newer Ideals of Peace, and Peace and Bread in Time of War. The latter title was written to protest the U.S.'s involvement in World War I and was based on Addams's experience assisting Herbert Hoover in sending relief supplies to women and children in enemy nations. Hospitalized following a heart attack in 1926, Addams could not accept in person the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded in 1931. She was the first American woman to receive the honor. Addams died in 1935. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

Obres de Jane Addams

Twenty Years at Hull-House (1910) 827 exemplars
Democracy and Social Ethics (1902) 61 exemplars
Twenty Years at Hull-House (1998) 56 exemplars
The Jane Addams Reader (2001) 40 exemplars
Peace and bread in time of war (1922) 31 exemplars
Newer Ideals of Peace (1906) 18 exemplars
The Long Road of Woman's Memory (2001) 16 exemplars
On Education (1985) 10 exemplars
My friend, Julia Lathrop (2004) 6 exemplars
New Ideals of Peace 2 exemplars
Women and public housekeeping (1913) 2 exemplars
JANE ADDAMS LITTLE LAME GIRL (1962) 1 exemplars
A Belated Industry (2014) 1 exemplars
Why women should vote (1990) 1 exemplars
Women in Public Life (2013) 1 exemplars
A Modern Lear 1 exemplars

Obres associades

The Best American Essays of the Century (2000) — Col·laborador — 774 exemplars
Written by Herself, Volume I: Autobiographies of American Women (1992) — Col·laborador — 426 exemplars
World War I and America: Told by the Americans Who Lived It (1918) — Col·laborador — 190 exemplars
American Progressivism: A Reader (2008) — Col·laborador — 111 exemplars
War No More: Three Centuries of American Antiwar and Peace Writing (2016) — Col·laborador — 86 exemplars
The Women's Suffrage Movement (2019) — Col·laborador — 68 exemplars

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Altres noms
ADDAMS, Jane
Data de naixement
1860-09-06
Data de defunció
1935-05-21
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
USA
Lloc de naixement
Cedarville, Illinois, USA
Lloc de defunció
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Relacions
Villard, Fanny Garrison (colleague)
Organitzacions
Hull House

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Interesting historically. Addams was an assimilationist who spoke fairly respectfully about Southern European and Jewish traditions; a reformer who sought government by experts but also the franchise for women; a believer that labor rights mattered and that bad conditions produced bad behavior rather than the reverse; and a condemner of prostitution who both thought that many women were tricked or coerced into sex work and that sex work ruined any woman who engaged in it such that other “good” people were justified in excluding them from polite society no matter how repentant they were.… (més)
 
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rivkat | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Apr 29, 2022 |
As the title says, this book chronicles two decades in the life of Hull House, founded in Chicago by Jane Addams. Addams talks about her own life to the extent that it inspired her to build the house, and about the life of the house and its members. The house became a refuge for new arrivals to Chicago, a place for youth to gather safely, and a place where the traditions of immigrants' home countries could be showcased and passed down to new generations.

The actual work done by Hull House is valuable and important, and it is inspiring these days to read about initiatives that bring people together. I did find this something of a slog, though. Lots of long, dense paragraphs and long chapters. Definitely one for the dedicated reader rather than the casual one.

I read this after seeing it mentioned in The Women of the Copper Country, by Mary Doria Russell.
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rabbitprincess | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Aug 30, 2020 |
Written in the early 1900s, this is the story of the beginnings of Social Services in America. Jane Addams tells not only about her experiment with Hull House, but about her philosophy of what social service is or can be, the need for it and some of the episodes with the people she helped. It is quite dry, more of an intellectual observation than a personal story. I admire her for trying to stay clear of being identified with or owned by other social movements of the times. Still, I couldn't finish this book. More my problem than a problem with the book, but it didn't involve me in it, too much observation and not enough personal experiences I suppose. I quit reading about half way through.… (més)
 
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MrsLee | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Dec 16, 2014 |
The opening chapters about her life filled me with some hope but the main bulk was a bit more stiff and stilted. It seemed an equal mixture of antedoctes and theory and they didn't always mesh well. She mostly served to downplay her own role, which I'm guessing was fairly substanial. Perhaps a bio of her would tell me more of what I wanted to know.
 
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amyem58 | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Jul 3, 2014 |

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Obres
41
També de
10
Membres
1,276
Popularitat
#20,106
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
6
ISBN
192
Llengües
6
Preferit
3

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